"Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" wrote:
>
> Moss Enthusiasts -
>
> Re the monograph, you might want to also consider two less comprehensive but
> inexpensive (< $20) and readily available books on US Mosses. No color
> photos, but both are good for IDs (based on line drawings of magnified
> leaves, etc.) and geographic distributions:
>
> Conrad, H.S. 1956 (but published through the 1970s at least). How to know
> the mosses and liverworts. Wm C Brown Co., Dubuque, 226 pp
>
> Reese, W.D. 1984. Mosses of the Gulf South from the Rio Grande to the
> Appalachicola. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 252 pp.
>
> Neither address aquarium culture.
>
> - Jan
>
>
>
> Martin, the monography in two volumes is :
>
> Mosses of Eastern North America
> Crum, Howard Alvin
> Format: Hardcover, 576pp.
> ISBN: 0231045166
> Publisher: Columbia University Press
> Pub. Date: January 1981
> The price is insane (close to $300.00). But don't worry. It gotta be
> some kind soul around here to make those photocopies. If I'll get a
> coppy with Fontinalis, I'll send you one too, if interested.
>
> Regards
> sorin
>
> Martin Ravn Tversted wrote:
> >
> > What is the titel og this monografhy and who is the autor and publisher?
> > Martin.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: sorinus <sorin_at_imajis.com>
> > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:07 AM
> > Subject: NANFA-- Christmas moss
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello and thank you very much for your kind reply full of information.
> > > Do you still have access to those two species you mentioned (decalaria
> > > and gracillis)?
> > > I will gladly pay for a small live sample of each species. I just talked
> > > with someone which is working with mosses and he recommended a
> > > monography on US species. The monography is the most compreshenvive,
> > > written until today, it comes in two volumes ...but it costs over
> > > ...$200. I was wondering if there is anybody around with access to a
> > > University library and kind enough to make some photocopies of the pages
> > > with Fontinalis. I will of course recompensate the effort, and I will
> > > make free copies for other interested people. If yes, I will provide
> > > the name of the monography.
> > > Regards
> > > sorin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeffrey Fullerton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Subject: NANFA-- Christmas moss
> > > > >
> > > > > RE: Red shinner thread/
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry about my ignorance, but what is the Christmas moss?
> > > > > Can you tell the scientific name, please? Looks like a native
> species.
> > > > > I always been interested in aquatic moss (besides the ubiquitous
> > > > > tropical Vesicularia dubyana) and I am wondering if this Christmas
> moss
> > > > > is a Fontinalis or Amblystegium species.
> > > > > Anyone knows how many native, fully aquatic moss species are in US?
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > sorin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > The two most common varieties in the US known to aquarists and water
> > > > gardeners are species of Willow Moss- Fontanalis. I have Fontanalis
> > > > antipyretica which us the larger of the two and has very dark green
> > > > scale like leaves and grows in long flowing masses in some streams
> > > > locally. I've seen it even more abundant in intermittant streams in
> > > > northern Virginia where it often blanketed the clay bottom and grew as
> a
> > > > terrestrial form when the streams dried up in the summer and late
> fall.
> > > > Elsewhere I usually find it less abundant and usually grows on rocks
> or
> > > > wood.
> > > >
> > > > F. antipyretica - aka the 'Incombustable Moss' so named for its fire
> > > > retardant properties when it was once used as a filler material for
> > > > whatever in days of old. I never have much luck with it in a tank but
> > > > outdoors it fares better.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps the best one for inside is F. gracillis (possibly the same
> plant
> > > > as F. decalaria) - not sure of the official common name but I call it
> > > > the smaller Willow Moss! Much finer in habit closer to Java Moss of
> the
> > > > aquarium trade and sometimes sold. Very wide range - I have collected
> it
> > > > locally and in a stream near Gulf Hammock Florida and last summer with
> > > > Ray in Wisconsin! It holds up much better than F. antipyretica in the
> > > > aquarium and I've used it sometimes in jars for raising pygmy
> sunfishes
> > > > , salamander larvae and Broken-striped Newts!
> > > >
> > > > In my pond and watercourse I grow both species by tying them onto
> peices
> > > > of waterlogged driftwood which I strap onto a brick or rock and sink
> to
> > > > the bottom. Great spawnig medium for fish. Also have a thick mat of F.
> > > > antipyretica on top of the lava rock in the biofilter at the head of
> the
> > > > watercourse.
> > > >
> > > > One problem with willow mosses is that they accumulate algae. Since
> I've
> > > > seen the smaller variant growing in full sun in the wild I am sure
> it's
> > > > related to the problem I've had with milfoil. Related to my water
> since
> > > > the wild plants were free of algae. A temporary remedy is to move the
> > > > moss along with its holdfast to a shady location for a while or even
> > > > grow them terrestrially in the shade for a while. Out of water the
> moss
> > > > converts to a greenish fuzz that thightly hugs the log or stone and
> > > > quickly reverts back to long flowing strands when returned to the
> water.
> > > > This is sort of like the way the stuff in Virginia used to grow.
> > > >
> > > > There is another species which grows in cold springs and streams in
> our
> > > > mountains. The name I do not know but it is has even bigger scales
> than
> > > > larger of the two previous species. I don't mess with it because it is
> > > > not likely to survive in a tank without a chiller!
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
>
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