Dicranum flagellare Hedw.
(Whip Fork-moss)

Interactions where Dicranum flagellare is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
deciduous branch is spread by slime Foreign PULMONATA slugs and snails Mosses and Liverworts, Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005
 /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Dicranaceae/Dicranum flagellare/Dicranum flagellarewhip fork-mossdeciduous branch Animal / vectorForeign /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pulmonata/Pulmonataslugs and snailsslime

Author & YearTitleSource
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005Mosses and LiverwortsNew Naturalist, 480pp, HarperCollins

Dicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss)
GenusDicranum (a genus of fork-mosses)
FamilyDICRANACEAE (a family of fork- and forklet-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss)

Dicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dicranum flagellare (Whip Fork-moss):

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