Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange is a plant in the Amblystegiaceae family, order Hypnales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange

Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange

Campylium chrysophyllum is a cosmopolitan moss that can grow in naturally dark areas using artificial light.

Genus
Campylium
Order
Hypnales
Class
Bryopsida

About Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange

Campylium chrysophyllum, a moss species classified in the Amblystegiaceae family, has a cosmopolitan distribution. This species can grow using artificial light in areas that would otherwise lack natural light; one example of such a location is Niagara Cave.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Amblystegiaceae Campylium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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