Functional Traits Azores Mosses ; Plant general appearance Growth formEscolher...AcrocarpicFolhosaTalosaPleurocarpicColourEscolher...GreenReddishBrownishYellowishWhitishGlaucousBluishPurplish / VioletBlackLife formEscolher...MatsWeftsTurfsCushionsHummocksPendantDendroidSizeEscolher...Very small (1-9 mm)Small (10-20 mm)Medium (21-30 mm)Big (31-60 mm)Very big (> 60 mm) ; Distribution and origin Distribution on the islandsEscolher...Western group - CorvoWestern group - FloresCentral group - FaialCentral group - PicoCentral group - São JorgeCentral group - TerceiraCentral group - GraciosaEastern group - Santa MariaEastern group - São MiguelOriginEscolher...Azores endemicMacaronesia endemicIbero-Macaronesia endemicEurope endemicNon-endemic ; Reproduction Spores - ColourEscolher...Dark greenYellowishBrownishGreenYellowReddishDark brown / BlackSpores - DiameterEscolher...Very small (1-9 ?m)Very small (< 10 ?m)Small (10-20 ?m)Medium (21-40 ?m)Large (> 40 ?m)Spores - OrnamentationEscolher...With papillaeWithout papillaeVegetative propagulesEscolher...LeavesBrood bodiesBranchesBulbilsGemmaeGemmae (without receptacles)Gemmae (cup-shaped receptacles)Gemmae (semilunar receptacles)TubersCapsule - Shape & OrnamentationEscolher...Shape - SphericalShape - EllipsoidalShape - CylindricalOrnamentation - SmoothShape - OvateShape - StrumoseShape - CurvedShape - TurbinateOrnamentation - StriateShape - ObovateShape - PyriformOrnamentation - SulcateShape - ElongateShape - OblongShape - ArcuateShape - PrismaticCapsule - InclinationEscolher...InclinedPendulousHorizontalErectCapsule - PosiçãoEscolher...ImmersedEmmersedEmergentCapsule - SymmetryEscolher...SymmetricalAsymmetrical ; Leaves OrientationEscolher...CurvedCrispedStraightFlexuoseTwistedRecurvedContortedArrangementEscolher...RosulateApressedComplanateImbricateErectPatentSpreadingReflexedSquarroseSecundDistichousShapeEscolher...OvateOrbicularOblongSubulateCordateLingulateLanceolateSpathulateFalciformElípticaLinearTriangular / DeltoidObovateApex - ShapeEscolher...AcuminateEmarginateChanneledAcute / SubacuteSubulateObtuseMucronateApiculateCuculateAristateCuspidateLeaf margin - ShapeEscolher...DenticulateEntireDentateUndulateSerrulateCrenulateSerrateCrenateBaseEscolher...SheathingOvateConcaveDecurrentPlicateOblongSubulateAuriculateCordateNarrowRecurvedTriangularCross-sectionEscolher...PlaneConcaveUndulatePlicateCarinateNerve - Presence / AbsenceEscolher...PresenceAbsenceNerve - ShapeEscolher...CurvedFurcateSimpleDoubleShortLongPercurrentExcurrentNerve - WidthEscolher...Narrow (less than 1/3 of leaf width)Broad (more than 1/3 of leaf width)Very broad (more than 1/2 of leaf width)Leaf margin - CurvatureEscolher...PlaneRecurvedIncurvedRevoluteNerve - ColourEscolher...GreenReddishBrownishYellowishApex marginEscolher...DenticulateEntireDentateCrenulateSerrate ; Foliar cells Laminal cells - ShapeEscolher...RectangularSinuoseRoundedHexagonalQuadrateRhomboidalOblongHyalocystsOvalVermicularEllipticalLinearOblateFusiformLaminal cells - OrnamentationEscolher...SmoothPapilloseMamilloseAlar cells - DifferentiationEscolher...Alar cells differentiatedAlar cells undifferentiated / indistinctAlar cells differentiated into auriclesAlar cells - ShapeEscolher...Quadrate / SubquadrateRectangularRoundedHexagonalRhomboidalIrregularAlar cells - Colour / OpacityEscolher...HyalineColouredOpaque ; Stem ParaphylliaEscolher...With pseudoparaphylliaWith paraphyllia Operator Type U PESQUISAR