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Dicranum elongatum Schleich. ex Sehwaegr. and Rhacomitrium lanuginosum (Hedw.) Brid. are very common and often abundant mosses in the Arctic and, to a lesser degree, in the subarctic, where they prefer acid substrates (Herzog, 1926; Steere, 1954; Tallis, 1959; Holmen, 1960; Brassard, 1971). Rhacomitrium occurs most abundantly in an oceanic climate and at high altitudes and latitudes, and is widely distributed all over the globe (Tallis, 1958, 1964; Lye, 1966). The distribution in Finnish Subarctic is mostly restricted to less continental mountains in the northernmost corner, but even here the low alpine belt represents a subxeric type of fell vegetation (Kärenlampi and Kauhanen, 1972).
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Kallio, P., Heinonen, S. (1975). CO2 Exchange and Growth of Rhacomitrium lanuginosum and Dicranum elongatum. In: Wielgolaski, F.E. (eds) Fennoscandian Tundra Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80937-8_16
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