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Billarder's bryum moss
Scientific Name: Bryum billarderi
Family: Bryaceae
Category: Moss
Growth: Nonvascular
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Other Names:
Billarder's Bryum Moss (Bryum billarderi)
Bryum billarderi, commonly known as Billarder's Bryum Moss, is a nonvascular plant belonging to the moss family.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Bryum billarderi Schwgr.
- Common Name: Billarder's Bryum Moss
- Family: Bryaceae
- Synonyms: Bryum andicola Hook. in Kunth (though this is debated, and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) considers Bryum billarderi to be the accepted name)
- Alternative Scientific Name: Rosulabryum billarderi (Schwaegr.) Spence
Distribution and Habitat
Distributional maps are available from the USDA, NRCS PLANTS Database.
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Growth Habit: Nonvascular.
- It is a moss or algae.
Additional Information
- This moss is part of the genus Bryum, which might be the largest genus of mosses, with over a thousand described species.
- Bryum moss lifecycle is dominated by the sexual gametophyte stage, over the asexual sporophyte stage.
- Resources: The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov)