KNP Rare Plants Database


 
KY Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves




Matted Feather Moss
Brachythecium populeum
Family: Brachytheciaceae

Protection Status:
State Status:  E
USFWS Status: 

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S1?

   

Photo by Michael L%th @ UWSP
Habitat:
On rocks (apparently most often acid), sometimes on a thin mantle of soil in woods (Crum and Anderson). In KY, sandstone rocks and bark at base of tree.

Species Description:
Moss

Phenology:


Additional Information at NatureServe

Diagnostic Characteristics:


Management:
Vegetation removal or large scale disturbance may be detrimental.

Global Range:


Known Kentucky Occurrences:
Species occurrence map

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Data Last Updated: November 2018
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