ON THIS PLANT
Aulacomnium androgynum, the bud-headed groovemoss, is a species of moss with a discontinuous circumboreal distribution in Eurasia and North America. It grows on a variety of substrates, normally in moist, bottomland habitats.Aulacomnium androgynum exhibits a unique form of asexual reproduction where a cluster of haploid vegetative structures known as propagula is produced at the end of a long stalk. This feature is the origin of the common name bud-headed groovemoss.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Aulacomnium
- Family
- Aulacomniaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en aulacomnium moss en Bud-headed Groove-moss en drumsticks en lover's moss
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