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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss is a soft, green moss that often grows on trees and rocks. It looks like tiny, fluffy pillows and helps keep the forest moist and cool.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Cypress-leaved Plait-moss is a low-growing moss that forms dense, flattened mats. It has distinct, feather-like stems densely covered with small, overlapping, yellowish-green to dark green leaves. These leaves curve towards one side, giving it a characteristic braided or plaited appearance, distinct from other mat-forming mosses.

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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient people sometimes used this tough moss for bedding or even insulation!

It gets its name because its tiny leaves look like cypress tree scales!

Some tiny insects and mites live hidden deep within its cozy carpet homes.

This moss can dry out completely and then spring back to life with rain!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Water Sponge Power

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss can soak up lots of water, like a super sponge, helping nearby plants stay hydrated during dry spells.

Fähigkeit

Climate Shield

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss has dense mats that protect soil from erosion and insulate it from extreme temperature changes.

Fähigkeit

Spore Dispersal Ace

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss can release tiny spores, carried by wind, to spread and colonize new damp places far away.

Maße und Details

Höhe
1-10 cm
Ausbreitung
5-100 cm
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Great Grey Slug

Limax maximus

Slugs sometimes graze on mosses, including this species.

shelters

Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Its dense mats provide shelter for various small insects like this beetle.

depends on

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Birds gather its soft strands for building cozy, insulated nests.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Cypress-leaved Plait-moss?

1-10 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Cypress-leaved Plait-moss?

5-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Cypress-leaved Plait-moss?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Cypress-leaved Plait-moss?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Cypress-leaved Plait-moss?

Mehrjährig

Wo findet man Cypress-leaved Plait-moss normalerweise?

Forests

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