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Wall Screw-moss

Tortula muralis

Wall Screw-moss is a tiny green plant that loves to grow on walls and rocks. It looks like a soft carpet and helps keep the environment healthy by holding onto soil and water.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Wall Screw-moss is a small plant forming dense, velvety mats. Its leaves are bright green when wet, but curl tightly and become duller when dry, giving them a distinctive screw-like appearance. It often grows in circular patches.

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Wall Screw-moss

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Its tiny spores can travel huge distances in the wind, helping it spread to new walls and roofs.

Mosses like this one are among the oldest land plants on Earth, evolving over 450 million years ago!

Some mosses can survive being frozen solid for years, then simply thaw out and start growing again!

Wall Screw-moss doesn't have true roots; it uses tiny rhizoids just to anchor itself, not to absorb water!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Water Wizardry

Wall Screw-moss can dry out completely and appear dead, only to rehydrate and revive when water becomes available.

Fähigkeit

Spore Slingers

Wall Screw-moss has a specialized capsule with twisted 'teeth' that help slowly release its tiny spores into the wind.

Fähigkeit

Rock Hugger

Wall Screw-moss can anchor itself to bare, hard surfaces like concrete and rock, thriving where other plants can't.

Maße und Details

Höhe
0.5-2 cm
Ausbreitung
2-5 cm
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Wind

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Snails graze on the moss mats.

shelters

Common Springtail

Isotoma viridis

Tiny springtails find shelter and moisture within the moss cushions.

shelters

Water Bear

Macrobiotus hufelandi

Microscopic water bears live protected within the moss's damp environment.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's safe to touch, but be gentle to protect the moss.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Wall Screw-moss?

0.5-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Wall Screw-moss?

2-5 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Wall Screw-moss?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Wall Screw-moss?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Wall Screw-moss?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Wall Screw-moss?

Wind

Wo findet man Wall Screw-moss normalerweise?

Urban areas

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