Hypnum circinale Hook.

Hypnum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Hypnaceae > Hypnum

Characteristics

Plants small, light gray-green to golden green or dark green. Stems 3-5(-10+) cm, reddish brown, usually creeping, irregularly to regularly pinnate (occasionally 2-pinnate) or irregularly branched, branches0.5-1 cm; hyalodermis absent, central strand absent; pseudoparaphyllia filamentous to lanceolate. Stem leaves falcate-secund to circinate, ovate-to triangular-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to apex, 1.5-2.2 × 0.5-0.7 mm; base slightly decurrent, often asymmetric with one side somewhat to strongly auriculate; margins plane, rarely slightly recurved on one side, serrulate; acumen long-attenuate; costa indistinct; alar cells , region fairly well defined, 2-5 cells in marginal row; basal laminal cells broader than medial cells, golden yellow, walls porose; medial cells 60-80(-100) × 4-5 µm. Branch leaves1.1-1.5 × 0.3-0.4 mm; margins more strongly serrulate. Sexual condition dioicous or phyllodioicous; . Seta reddish, 0.6-1.5(-2) cm. Capsule oblique to horizontal, reddish, ovoid to ovoid-oblong, 0.8-1.5 × 0.5-0.7 mm; annulus 1-or 2-seriate; operculum conic-apiculate; endostome cilia 1 or 2.
Life form -
Growth form -
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Hypnum circinale unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID 35104181
WFO ID wfo-0001148858
COL ID 3NSYQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhynchostegium pseudorecurvans Hypnum circinale Rhaphidostegium pseudorecurvans