Common Apple Moss

Bartramia pomiformis

Hedw. Species

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Botanical name
Bartramia pomiformis
Also known as
Common Apple Moss, Common Apple-Moss
Family
Bartramiaceae
Genus
Bartramia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Apple Moss

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Bartramia pomiformis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bartramia chrysocoma Bartramia circinnulata Bartramia crispa Bartramia crispa var. heteromalla Bartramia crispa var. major Bartramia crispa var. minor Bartramia crispa var. minor Bartramia crispa var. nigrescens Bartramia crispa var. pomiformis Bartramia crispata Bartramia crispoithyphylla Bartramia glaucoviridis Bartramia hakonensis Bartramia halleriana var. laxifolia Bartramia henonii Bartramia hercynica Bartramia heteromalla Bartramia incurva Bartramia normannii Bartramia pomiformis f. dicraniformis Bartramia pomiformis f. nigrescens Bartramia pomiformis var. crispa Bartramia pomiformis var. dicraniformis Bartramia pomiformis var. elongata Bartramia pomiformis var. heteromalla Bartramia pomiformis var. major Bartramia pomiformis var. minor Bartramia pomiformis var. pomiformis Bartramia pseudocrispata Bartramia sphaerica Bartramia stenophylla Bartramia vulgaris Bryum pomiforme Bryum sphaericum Dichodontium nelsonii Leptodontium norvegicum Plagiopus pomiformis Webera pomiformis

Others in Bartramia

Bartramia brevifolia subsp. brevifolia
Bartramia brevifolia subsp. commutata
Bartramia mathewsii subsp. brasiliensis
Bartramia mossmaniana
Bartramia subulata subsp. subulata
Bartramia aurescens
Bartramia compacta var. macowaniana
Bartramia ithyphylla subsp. ithyphylla

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