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
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Division Bryophyta Mosses
Subdivision Musci Mosses (all 12,000 of them)
Class Bryopsida Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them
Subclass Bryidae Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments
Order Hypnales An order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses
Family Hylocomiaceae
Genus Pleurozium
Species schreberi After 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 (17891791), was chosen as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1787, and knighted in 1791
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The red-ribbed yellow green moss is the Pleurozium. · 9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
The red-ribbed yellow green moss is the Pleurozium. · 9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)
9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine ID is uncertain
4/19/2021 · Center Pond Preserve, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)
9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)
4/13/2013 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)
9/29/2013 · South Bubble Hike, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 16 cm)
Older scientific or horticultural names
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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4/3/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)
8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)
4/11/2013 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)
9/30/2013 · Moose Point State Park, Searsport, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
4/3/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine
9/29/2013 · South Bubble Hike, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm)
8/28/2020 · Jack’s and Litchfield Trails, Chase Reserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)
10/10/2021 · 88 Wilderness Lane, Norway, Maine · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm)
4/6/2021 · Otter Brook Trail, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)
10/10/2021 · 88 Wilderness Lane, Norway, Maine · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm)
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