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Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.

Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
DivisionBryophytaMosses
SubdivisionMusciMosses (all 12,000 of them)
ClassBryopsidaMosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them
SubclassBryidaeMosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments
OrderHypnalesAn order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses
FamilyHylocomiaceae
GenusPleurozium
SpeciesschreberiAfter German naturalist and physician Johann Christian Daniel Von Schreber (1739-1810). He studied medicine, theology and natural history at Halle in Germany and Uppsala in Sweden under Carl von Linné and received his MD degree in 1760. He became a practicing physician and then after studying botany in Berlin a professor of medicine and botany at Erlangen in Bavaria in 1770. He was made director of the Erlangen botanical garden in 1773 and became professor of natural history in 1776. He was the editor of the 8th edition of Linné’s Genera Plantarum (1789–1791), was chosen as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1787, and knighted in 1791

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Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

The red-ribbed yellow green moss is the Pleurozium. · 9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

The red-ribbed yellow green moss is the Pleurozium. · 9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine ID is uncertain

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/19/2021 · Center Pond Preserve, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/13/2013 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/29/2013 · South Bubble Hike, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 16 cm)

Calliergon schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.

Calliergonella schreberi (Brid.) Grout

Calliergonella schreberi (Brid.) Grout var. tananae (Grout) Grout

Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt. var. tananae (Grout) Wijk & Margad.

 

Pleurozium schreberi description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 6 May 2023.

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Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/3/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/11/2013 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/30/2013 · Moose Point State Park, Searsport, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/3/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

9/29/2013 · South Bubble Hike, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

10/10/2021 · 88 Wilderness Lane, Norway, Maine · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

4/6/2021 · Otter Brook Trail, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

Pleurozium schreberi (Schreber's moss, red stemmed feather moss, feather moss, Schreber’s big red stem moss, Schreber’s moss, red-stemmed feather moss)

10/10/2021 · 88 Wilderness Lane, Norway, Maine · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm)

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