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Hamatocaulis vernicosus

  • Family name: Amblystegiaceae
  • Common name: hamatocaulis moss
  • Growth form: Moss
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: Hamatocaulis vernicosus

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  1. Hamatocaulis vernicosus    , hamatocaulis moss
  2. Dry stems
    Image author: unknown
    Website: County Administration Board, Norrbotten, Sweden
    Please contact Lansstyrelsen@bd.lst.se before using image
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  1. Hamatocaulis vernicosus    , hamatocaulis moss
  2. Close-up of stems
    Europe, 2004
    Image author: Michael Lüth ©
    Website: Michael Lüth
    See also: Michael Lüth
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  1. Hamatocaulis vernicosus    , hamatocaulis moss
  2. Slender green feather moss is a straggling moss, which has green to brown erect shoots, with hooked tips, reminiscent of a walking stick. This trait is referred to by the scientific name Hamatocaulis, which derives from the Latin for 'hooked stalk'.
    Photo was taken in a springhead on Carn Ingli, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 2002.
    Image author: S.D.S. Bosanquet ©
    Website: ARKive, images of life on earth
    See also: More information
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