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Brachythecium Moss (Brachythecium mildeanum)

Description

Yellowish green patches, plants medium sized to robust, stems procumbent, irregularly branched, branches spreading to ascending (Smith 1978).Found on damp soil and tracks, on marshy ground in open habitats and sometimes locally abundant in dune slacks, generally distributed, rare to occasional (Smith 1978).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Bryophyta

        • Class: Bryopsida

          • Order: Hypnales

            • Family: Brachytheciaceae

              • Genus: Brachythecium