10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACROCARPOUS»
Discover the use of
acrocarpous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
acrocarpous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape
Lines on photos are 1 cm (i% in) long. (A) Polytrichum juniperinum (haircap moss
): large acrocarpous moss; stems relatively far apart; leaves long, wide,
appearing to be tubular and many cell layers thick, with a usually brown hairlike
point, ...
2
British Mosses and Liverworts: An Introductory Work
Lvs without hair-points which differ in structure and appearance from rest of If 8 8
Moss acrocarpous 9 Moss pleurocarpous 14 (N.B. Beginners may experience
difficulty in deciding to which of these groups to refer a moss, and it is impossible
...
3
The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland
For information on use of this key see pages 7-8 1 Plants acrocarpous 2 Plants
pleurocarpous 192 Note. Acrocarpous mosses are those in which the main axis
of the gametophyte is sympodial and is usually ± erect. The plants usually form ...
4
Biology of Polar Bryophytes and Lichens
Table 2.2 Growth form types in polar bryophytes with examples of genera in
which they occur Small cushion Systems formed by sparingly branched
acrocarpous mosses with the main shoots radiating in dome-shaped colonies <5
cm in ...
5
Mercury Pollution Integration and Synthesis
Of the terrestrial acrocarpous mosses, haircap moss (Polytrichum commune) was
the most abundant, displayed a wide range of Hg concentrations (Table 2), and a
strongly positively skewed frequency distribution. It was frequently found ...
Carl J. Watras, John W. Huckabee, 1994
6
Plant Biology for Cultural Heritage: Biodeterioration and ...
Acrocarpous mosses are widely distributed both in terrestrial and stony habitats
because they have the advantage of an excellent reproductive strategy,
characterized by a brief protonemal phase and by a high germination potential of
the ...
Giulia Caneva, M. P. Nugari, O. Salvadori, 2008
constitute the Phylum Bryophyta, with eight classes divided into acrocarpous
mosses (23 orders), not an evolutionary group, and pleurocarpous mosses (4–7
orders, 42% of extant species). Two subclasses, Dicranidae (acrocarpous ...
S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, 2009
8
Metals in the Environment: Analysis by Biodiversity
won Nardia scalaris and the acrocarpous moss Oligotrichum hercynicum, were
found to occur in pure stands on several areas of copper-enriched soil (0.2-0.6%
Cu), while the leafy liverwort Gymnocolea acutiloba was only found to occur on ...
R. N. Chopra. s 10 15 26725 3'0 a CHROMOSOME NUMBERS NUMBER OF
TAXA I H CHROMOSOME NUMBERS Fig. 4. Distribution. Fig. 3. Distributi an of
chromosome numbers in acrocarpous mosses Fig. 5. Tortula muralis. Metaphase
-I ...
10
An introduction to Bryophyta: diversity, development and ...
5.8) are typical representatives of acrocarpous mosses and Hypnum,
Hylocomium and Ptelidium represent the pleurocarpous ones. Besides
branching, acrocarp and pleurocarp acquire other characteristics. In acrocarpous
mosses there is a ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACROCARPOUS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
acrocarpous is used in the context of the following news items.
Moss mats a project for a rainy day
Upright moss is called Acrocarpous. It grows very slowly and reminds me of a puffy pillow. Spanish moss only shares the moss name and is ... «Toledo Blade, Jun 15»
Managing moss
As the Bryidae sub-class is so broad, it is normally broken down into the acrocarpous or pleurocarpous sub-groups. The easiest way of ... «Pitchcare, Feb 15»
Moss Removal
Mosses are divided into two distinct forms; pleurocarps and acrocarps. Acrocarpous mosses are usually unbranched or almost so, and have an ... «Pitchcare, Jan 13»
