Unattached Mosses in the New Zealand Flora
1952; American Bryological and Lichenological Society; Volume: 55; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1639/0007-2745(1952)55[65
ISSN1938-4378
Autores Tópico(s)Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
ResumoH. N. Dixon (Handbook of British Mosses, p. 122), in note appended to his description of Leucobryum glaucum, drew attention to a curious state from Hedsor [which] forms spheroidal balls or cushions entirely unattached, consisting of stems radiating outwards from central point, and showing no lack of vigorous growth in spite of the freedom from anything like attachment, which obviously must have lasted for considerable period. On page 410, in similar note referring to the moss Porotrichum alopecurum, he writes, P. alopecurum occasionally becomes detached from the soil and continues to grow in the form of sub-spherical detached mass, readily blown about by the wind.
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