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Common pocket-moss
Fissidens taxifolius
Common pocket-moss can be planted in water, making it useful in aquariums, although it does not naturally grow in water. In nature, it grows on moist, disturbed soil, ravine bottoms, and decaying logs. However, it is rarely found growing on live trees or rocks.
Key Facts About Common pocket-moss
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Attributes of Common pocket-moss
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Type
Moss
Leaf type
Evergreen
Scientific Classification of Common pocket-moss
Phylum
Mosses
Class
True mosses
Order
Fissidentales
Family
Fissidentaceae
Genus
Pocket moss
Species
Common pocket-moss
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Distribution of Common pocket-moss
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Distribution Map of Common pocket-moss
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Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
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Swan's-neck thyme-moss
A very common moss, the swan's-neck thyme-moss forms dense, soft tufts there were once used traditionally as a stuffing for mattresses. It grows in wet habitats, with constantly open spores that absorb water. It provides a habitat for numerous insects, frogs, and fungi.
Silvergreen bryum moss
Silvergreen bryum moss (Bryum argenteum) is a moss species found on all global continents, even Antarctica. Silvergreen bryum moss is also referred to as silvery thread moss. It is often spread on the soles of people's shoes or on the feet of animals.
Milk moss
Milk moss is a tropical moss characterized by its lush, cushiony mounds of bright green leaves that resemble tufts of tiny, soft pine trees. Thriving in humid forest environments, milk moss often carpets the forest floor or adorns the bases of trees, indicating a preference for shady, moist conditions. This moss's ability to retain water aids its survival in the ecosystem, where it provides habitat for minute organisms.
Fire moss
Fire moss (Ceratodon purpureus) is found on every continent and is adaptable to a wide range of habitats. Being tolerant of heavy metals and other pollutants, it can grow in industrial areas, alongside highways, and on mine dumps. It can colonize recently burnt areas and survive in Antarctica, thanks to pigments that protect it from the glare of the snow.
Shingle moss
Shingle moss is a graceful moss with feather-like fronds that favor the moist, shady environments of woodland habitats. Its delicate, green fronds are densely arranged, often forming lush mats on tree trunks or rocks. The plant thrives in humidity, its sprawling nature allowing for efficient clonal reproduction, ensuring its persistence in the damp microcosms it occupies.
Quill moss
Due to its deceptively fern-like appearance and leafy green fronds, Cyathophorum bulbosum is sometimes identified by the common name of "False Fern Moss." However, in its native range of Australia, there are no other native plants that look similar to the quill moss, reducing the chance of confusion. While most fronds are singular, forked or split fronds are occasionally seen as well.
Common tree-apron moss
Common tree-apron moss (Anomodon attenuatus) is an evergreen moss that is often found on trees and rocks throughout many areas of the world. The scientific name refers to the tapered and “attenuate” appearance of the branches.
Common water moss
Fontinalis antipyretica has branched, trailing stems that are triangular in cross-section and may be as long as 10 cm. The leaves are quite stiff and are arranged in three overlapping rows. Each leaf is lance-shaped or egg-shaped, with a keel and a sharp point, some 4 to 9 mm long.
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Common pocket-moss
Fissidens taxifolius
Common pocket-moss can be planted in water, making it useful in aquariums, although it does not naturally grow in water. In nature, it grows on moist, disturbed soil, ravine bottoms, and decaying logs. However, it is rarely found growing on live trees or rocks.
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Key Facts About Common pocket-moss
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Attributes of Common pocket-moss
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Type
Moss
Leaf type
Evergreen
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Scientific Classification of Common pocket-moss
Phylum
Mosses Class
True mosses Order
Fissidentales Family
Fissidentaceae Genus
Pocket moss Species
Common pocket-moss 
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Distribution of Common pocket-moss
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Distribution Map of Common pocket-moss
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
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