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Bryum

  • enlarged photo
  • Image author: Hiroshi Kanda and Satoshi Imura ©
  • Example species: Bryum pseudotriquetrum. Melting out of snow. The dry surface has epiphyte like imperfect lichen (whitish part). Nutrition necessary for vegetation is derived from sea through seabirds. Bones of snow petrel are scattered. Langhovde.
  • Syowa Station, East Antarctica.
  • Original image
  • Website: Handbook of Antarctic Mosses

 

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