Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedw.) De Not.
(Ostrich-plume Feather-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss)
GenusPtilium (Bot.) (a genus of feather-mosses)
FamilyPYLAISIACEAE (a family of mosses)
OrderHYPNALES (pleurocarpous mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss) :
1: Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss)
25 Aug 2005 OSGR: NJ01 57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96) Scotland
among Bilberry and Crowberry beside path
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: Close-up (2)Image 3: In situImage 4: In situ (2)Image 5: Shoot - close-upImage 6: Shoots - close-upImage 7: Shoots - close-up (2)Image 8: Main stem - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Shoot tip - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Shoot tip - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Shoot tip - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 12: Shoot tip - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Shoot tip - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 14: Shoot tip - underside - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Branch leaf - auricle and nerves - microscope low magnificationImage 16: Branch leaf - magnifiedImage 17: Branch leaf - magnified (2)Image 18: Branch leaf - mid-leaf cells - magnifiedImage 19: Stem leaf - base showing double nerve - microscope low magnificationImage 20: Stem leaf - leaf base and auricle cells - microscope low magnificationImage 21: Stem leaf - leaf base and auricle cells - microscope low magnification (2)Image 22: Stem leaf - leaf base cells - microscope low magnificationImage 23: Stem leaf - leaf tip - microscope low magnificationImage 24: Stem leaf - magnifiedImage 25: Stem leaf - mid-leaf cells - microscope low magnification
2: Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss)
25 Aug 2005 OSGR: NJ01 57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96) Scotland
among Bilberry and Crowberry beside path
Image 1: In situ

Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ptilium crista-castrensis (Ostrich-plume Feather-moss)
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