Status:
valid
Authors:
(Lam. ex Dubois) Isov.
Source:
tro
Year:
1981
Citation Micro:
Ann. Bot. Fenn. 18: 202 1981
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001186051
Common Names
- Isothecium alopecuroides
- Alopecuroides Isothecium
- Fox-Tail Isothecium
Description
Isothecium alopecuroides (also called Fox-Tail Isothecium, among many other common names) is a small moss species with a creeping habit. It is native to North America and grows in rocky areas, grasslands, and open woodlands.
Uses & Benefits
Isothecium alopecuroides is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a soil stabilizer.
Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
Isothecium alopecuroides has small, white flowers with three petals. Its seeds are small, round and black. The seedlings are small, with three lobed leaves.
Where to Find Isothecium alopecuroides
Isothecium alopecuroides can be found in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Species in the Isothecium genus
Species in the Lembophyllaceae family
Bestia longipes,
Camptochaete novae-zeelandiae,
Camptochaete angustata,
Camptochaete arbuscula,
Camptochaete deflexa,
Camptochaete excavata,
Camptochaete leichardtii,
Camptochaete porotrichoides,
Camptochaete pulvinata,
Camptochaete subporotrichoides,
Camptochaete fallax,
Camptochaete curvata,
Camptochaete dendroclada,
Camptochaete monolina,
Dolichomitriopsis crenulata,
Dolichomitriopsis diversiformis,
Dolichomitriopsis obtusifolia,
Dolichomitriopsis sasaokae,
Dolichomitriopsis cherdantsevae,
Fallaciella gracilis,
Fallaciella robusta,
Fifea aciphylla,
Isothecium algarvicum,
Isothecium ceylonense,
Isothecium mertensii,
Isothecium rigidissimum,
Isothecium semitortum,
Isothecium sprucei,
Isothecium trichocladon,
Isothecium alopecuroides,
Isothecium nervosum,
Lembophyllum divulsum,
Lembophyllum clandestinum,
Neobarbella comes,
Pilotrichella cuspidans,
Pilotrichella flexilis,
Pilotrichella mascarenica,
Pilotrichella mauiensis,
Pilotrichella phyllogonioides,
Pilotrichella pseudoimbricata,
Pilotrichella ragazzii,
Pilotrichella reesei,
Pilotrichella vermiformis,
Pilotrichella debilinervis,
Tripterocladium leucocladulum,
Weymouthia cochlearifolia,
Weymouthia mollis,
Weymouthia barbelloides,
Mawenzhangia thamnobryoides,
Nogopterium beyrichianum,