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helodium moss
Scientific Name: Helodium
Family: Helodiaceae
Category: Moss
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Helodium blandowii: Blandow's Helodium Moss
Helodium blandowii, commonly known as Blandow's helodium moss, Blandow's tamarisk-moss, Blandow's bogmoss, or Blandow's feathermoss, is a rare moss species.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Helodium blandowii (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Warnst.
- Family: Helodiaceae
- Division: Bryophyta
- Genus: Helodium Warnst.
- Variety:
- Helodium blandowii var. blandowii (Web. & Mohr) Warnst.
- Helodium blandowii var. elodioides
- Synonym: Hypnum blandowii
Distribution and Habitat
- Helodium blandowii has been found in California, primarily on the east side.
- It is also found in the Western U.S., including Oregon.
- It occurs in Slovakia, specifically in Hnileck dolina Valley and Poprad Basin.
- It has been recorded from Cheshire and Yorkshire, in the English Midlands.
Ecological Role
- This moss is considered a glacial relic species.
- It is a rare peatland moss.
Morphological Characteristics
- It's a mat-forming pleurocarp.
- Has very pinnate branches
- Leaves are oblong acuminate plicate or striate with a single.
Additional Information
- Helodium blandowii is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2B.3 (rare).