Ceratodon purpureus is a dioicous moss with a color ranging from yellow-green to red.[1] The height amounts to 3 centimeters. It is found worldwide, mainly in urban areas and next to roads on dry sand soils.[2] It can grow in a very wide variety of habitats, from polluted highway shoulders and mine tailings to areas recently denuded by wildfire to the bright slopes of Antarctica.[3] Its common names include redshank,[4]purple forkmoss,[4]ceratodon moss, fire moss, and purple horn toothed moss.
^Flora of North America
^Species Profile Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^US Forest Service Fire Ecology
^ abEdwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
and 26 Related for: Ceratodon purpureus information
Ceratodonpurpureus is a dioicous moss with a color ranging from yellow-green to red. The height amounts to 3 centimeters. It is found worldwide, mainly...
Seattle areas; Bryum argenteum, the cosmopolitan sidewalk moss, and Ceratodonpurpureus, red roof moss, another cosmopolitan species. A few species are wholly...
as lichens, they remain ubiquitous wherever plants can grow, with Ceratodonpurpureus being found as far south as 84°30' on Mount Kyffin. Unlike most bryophytes...
maculosa, a plant in the buckwheat family Redshank Ceratodonpurpureus, a moss Scarce redshank Ceratodon conicus, a moss of Britain and Ireland This disambiguation...
plants has been carried out in the mosses Physcomitrella patens and Ceratodonpurpureus, since in these non-seed plant species the efficiency of HR is several...
caespiticium (tufted thread moss); indirect sun or shade. Dries to brown. Ceratodonpurpureus (fire moss, red roof moss); will grow in full sun and pollution....
herbivore, often feeding from three main moss species: Pohlia filum, Ceratodonpurpureus, and Bryum arcticum. Data suggests that this diet is shared between...
declined, while the desiccation-tolerant Bryum pseudotriquetrum and Ceratodonpurpureus have increased. The Antarctic ozone hole has also led to an increase...
as Brachythecium albicans, B. mutabulum, Campylopus introflexus, Ceratodonpurpureus, Dicranum scoparium, Eurhynchium hians, E. praelongum, E. speciosum...
found with mosses such as Abietinella abietina, Bryum argentatum, Ceratodonpurpureus, and Tortula ruralis, sharing its habitat with several rare, ground-dwelling...
red pigmentation in antarctic mosses. Moss specimens of species Ceratodonpurpureus, Bryum pseudotriquetrum and Schistidium antarctici were collected...
Sahu SK, Fu Y, et al. (2018). "Genomic data of the Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus)". GigaDB Dataset. GigaScience Database. doi:10.5524/101056. Sato S, Nakamura...
content. In Krompachy (Slovakia), the lichen, along with the moss Ceratodonpurpureus, was found to be very abundant in bare acid soil near copper smelters...
formations. In some areas it is associated with Campylopus introflexus, Ceratodonpurpureus, Disphyma australe, and Astelia banksii. This moss was thought to...
in one generation per year. Larvae live in a silken tube amongst Ceratodonpurpureus. They have also been observed eating grass. The larvae have a pale...
Arredondo-Peter R., Molecular cloning and characterization of a moss (Ceratodonpurpureus) non-symbiotic hemoglobin provides insight into the early evolution...
mosses eaten by T. ceperoi include Bryum argenteum, B. caespiticum, Ceratodonpurpureus and Barbula sp.. Less common diet choices include grasses, algae...
Global Information
