Leucodon brachypus Brid.

Leucodon moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Leucodontaceae > Leucodon

Characteristics

Plants medium-sized to large, dull. Stems elongate, loosely curved to straight and rigidly spreading, not julaceous, fragile branchlets absent from distal leaf axils. Branch leaves erect-appressed to secund, plicate, 1.5-2.2 mm; apex acute to acuminate; apical laminal cells smooth abaxially; terminal cell isodiametric to elongate, concolorous to hyaline. Perigonia common. Perichaetia common. Capsule immersed to barely exserted, ovoid to pyriform, sometimes slightly asymmetric, to 2 mm. Spores 44-52 µm.
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 -

Identifiers

LSID 35130544
WFO ID wfo-0001163354
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Leucodon brachypus Leucodon brachypus var. brachypus