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Black Moss
Learn About the Black Moss
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2011

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Eukarya

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Plantae

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Bryophyta

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Bryopsida

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Grimmiales

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Grimmiaceae

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Grimmia

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Grimmia laevigata

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Xerophytic

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 A plant able to survive in an environment with little available water or moisture, usually in environments where potential evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation for all or part of the growing season.
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Lithophilic

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 A type of plant that grows in or on rocks

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Granite Outcrop

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 Exposed granitic rocks. Black moss are usually found here.

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Primary Ecological Succession

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Ecological succession development that begins on an area that has not been previously occupied by a community, such as a newly exposed rock or sand surface, a lava flow, glacial tills, or a newly formed lake. 

 

(lichens and mosses are some pioneers of ecological succession).

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Hygroscopic

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 The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment through either absorption or adsorption and becoming physically 'changed,' somewhat: by an increase in volume, stickiness, or other physical characteristic.
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Absorptive

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Means by which black moss can undergo hygroscopy.

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The visible (green) part of the Black moss is  the haploid gametophyte. The sporophyte is rarely seen.

 

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