Feather moss

Feather moss (or Boreal forest moss) is a moss species growing in a Boreal forest with the appearance of frond or feather like foliage. Feather moss (or Boreal forest moss) is a moss species growing in a Boreal forest with the appearance of frond or feather like foliage. The technical literature is inconsistent regarding taxonomic associations with the term feather moss. In some cases, feather moss is simply applied to the genus Ptilium, or to a number of moss species within the family Hypnaceae. Feathermoss is a term used in classifying and describing certain boreal forests. An example of this occurrence is within the Black Spruce/Feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.