Hanging fir-moss

Phlegmariurus dichotomus

Shoots pendent, 1--3-forked, clustered at base, 10--30 cm, long-lived. Roots densely covered with fine grayish uniseriate hairs, to 1 mm. Leaves spreading to ascending, 15--20 X 0.5--12 mm, very gradually narrowed from base to long-attenuate apex; margins entire. Fertile leaves reduced, 7--12 X 0.2--0.5 mm. Sporangia 2--3 times width of subtending leaf.
Hanging fir-moss, Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador Growing on a Polylepis sp. tree. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132361/polylepis_sp_pramo_tree_cayambe_coca_ecological_reserve_ecuador.html Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Hanging fir-moss,Phlegmariurus dichotomus,South America,Spring,World

Naming

Lycopodium dichotomum Jacquin, Enum. Stirp. Vindob., 314. 1762
Huperzia dichotoma (Jacquin) Trevisan

References:

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Weston Testo, Benjamin Øllgaard, Ashley Field, Thaís Almeidad, Michael Kesslere, David Barrington. Phylogenetic systematics, morphological evolution, and natural groups in neotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125 (2018) 1–13.

Samaria Armenta-Montero, César I. Carvajal-Hernández, Edward A. Ellis, Thorsten Krömer. Distribution and Conservation Status of Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) in the State of Veracruz, Mexico. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/194008291500800111
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionLycopodiophyta
ClassLycopodiopsida
OrderLycopodiales
FamilyLycopodiaceae
GenusPhlegmariurus
SpeciesPhlegmariurus dichotomus
Photographed in
Ecuador