Isothecium myosuroides

Taxobox
name = tree moss
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Bryophyta
classis = Bryopsida
subclass = Bryidae
ordo = Hypnales
familia = Brachytheciaceae
genus = "Isothecium"
species = "I. myosuroides"
binomial = "Isothecium myosuroides"
binomial_authority = Brid.

"Isothecium myosuroides", commonly know as tree moss, is a true moss that grows abundantly on both rocks and trees. It is native to Eastern North America. [cite journal
last = Allen
first = BH
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Isothecium myosuroides Brid. and I. stoloniferum Brid.: A Quantitative Study
journal = The Bryologist
volume = 86
issue = 4
pages = 358–364
publisher = American Bryological and Lichenological Society
date = Winter, 1983
doi = 10.2307/3243249
accessdate = 2007-07-20] It grows preferentially on Angiosperms rather than on Conifers because of the manner in which the former take in water creating an ideal moist habitat for the moss to grow on, and because many trees in the flowering plant families are less acidic than coniferous species of trees. "I". "myosuroides" also can grow on rocks.

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