Whitish Ragged Moss

Brachythecium albicans

(Hedw.) Schimp. Species

Brachythecium albicans
Christoph Moning via iNaturalist — CC BY 4.0
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Botanical name
Brachythecium albicans
Also known as
Whitish Feather-Moss, Whitish Ragged Moss
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Brachythecium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Whitish Ragged Moss

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Brachythecium albicans f. filiforme Brachythecium albicans f. flaccidum Brachythecium albicans f. flavescens Brachythecium albicans f. longedecurrens Brachythecium albicans f. pinnatifidum Brachythecium albicans f. rugulosum Brachythecium albicans f. tenellum Brachythecium albicans subsp. dumetorum Brachythecium albicans var. albicans Brachythecium albicans var. dumetorum Brachythecium albicans var. filiforme Brachythecium albicans var. flaccidum Brachythecium albicans var. flavescens Brachythecium albicans var. julaceum Brachythecium albicans var. macrius Brachythecium albicans var. macrophyllum Brachythecium albicans var. occidentale Brachythecium albicans var. pinnatifidum Brachythecium albicans var. rugulosum Brachythecium albicans var. tenellum Brachythecium beringianum Brachythecium dumetorum Brachythecium glareosum f. americanum Brachythecium morenoi Brachythecium pseudoalbicans Brachythecium spurioalbicans Chamberlainia albicans Hypnum albicans Hypnum albicans var. dumetorum Hypnum albicans var. filiforme Hypnum albicans var. flavescens Hypnum albicans var. flavescens Hypnum albicans var. julaceum Hypnum albicans var. minus Hypnum flavescens Hypnum rivulare Hypnum salebrosum var. albicans Pancovia albicans Pterigynandrum cirrhosum

Others in Brachythecium

Brachythecium austroglareosum
Brachythecium bellii
Brachythecium cirriphylloides
Brachythecium brandegeei
Brachythecium chocayae
Brachythecium calliergonoides
Brachythecium campestre
Field Ragged Moss
Brachythecium buchananii var. gracile

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