Hello, I am in south carolina and i found this moss in a local fast moving creek, i have no cluewhat it is other than it looks good and grows in water, i have a piece in my plant tank and its doing great but what is it?
here are some pics, the piece in 1st 2 pics is magnified with my camera and is about 3" long, the last pic is piece in aquarium about 6" tall
Hi "customdrumfinishes" and welcome to the forum. Can't help you with the ID but I must say the longish moss looks good (imagine a bunch of it waving in the water flow). Am curious though, about the temperature in that creek. Could you take a reading of that as well as the pH, if possible.
Always interesting to know what conditions make mosses thrive, even though I'm not much of a plant person.
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My guess is it's Fontinalis antipyretica or what is commonly known as Willow Moss. Here are some pictures of this moss. You can make a comparison and see if yours are the same.
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i believe its in the fontinalis species but im still not 100% it doesnt look like anything ive ever seen so far so im guessing its some common water moss here in sc.
I always check the ph of waters and it as about 7.8 the temp was 63 degree far. it was a warm day, seems like all the ph around here is between 7.5-8 that ive checked so far
I think it's not Fontinalis antipyretica, but still some specie of Fontinalis genus.
Maybe Fontinalis dalecarlica, where are you from?
im in usa, south carolina near myrtle beach, east coastOriginally Posted by G.rosea
It could be it. I'm not sure, but I think so.
btw. I've heard that it will survive only if the water is moving well, unlike Fontinalis antipyretica.
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