Dicranella borbonica var. borbonica
Silky Forklet Moss
Dicranella heteromalla
(Hedw.) Schimp. Species
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- Botanical name
- Dicranella heteromalla
- Also known as
- Silky Forklet Moss, Silky Forklet-Moss
- Family
- Dicranellaceae
- Genus
- Dicranella
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Silky Forklet Moss
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Dicranella heteromalla but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aongstroemia banatica
Aongstroemia caucasica
Aongstroemia crassinervis
Aongstroemia fitzgeraldii
Aongstroemia heteromalla
Aongstroemia heteromalla var. interrupta
Aongstroemia heteromalla var. orthocarpa
Aongstroemia heteromalla var. stricta
Aongstroemia levieri
Aongstroemia pittieri
Bartramia perangusta
Bryum heteromallum
Campylopus henrici
Cynodontium heteromallum
Dicranella caucasica
Dicranella crassinervis
Dicranella curvata var. missourica
Dicranella fitzgeraldii
Dicranella fuscorufa
Dicranella heteromalla f. arenaria
Dicranella heteromalla f. circinnata
Dicranella heteromalla f. compacta
Dicranella heteromalla f. compacta
Dicranella heteromalla f. crispa
Dicranella heteromalla f. curvula
Dicranella heteromalla f. falcata
Dicranella heteromalla f. intercedens
Dicranella heteromalla f. interrupta
Dicranella heteromalla f. longiseta
Dicranella heteromalla f. nana
Dicranella heteromalla f. saxatilis
Dicranella heteromalla f. sericea
Dicranella heteromalla f. stricta
Dicranella heteromalla subsp. fitzgeraldii
Dicranella heteromalla subsp. orthocarpa
Dicranella heteromalla var. castanetorum
Dicranella heteromalla var. circinnata
Dicranella heteromalla var. commutata
Dicranella heteromalla var. compacta
Dicranella heteromalla var. cylindrica
Dicranella heteromalla var. elata
Dicranella heteromalla var. elegans
Dicranella heteromalla var. falcata
Dicranella heteromalla var. fitzgeraldii
Dicranella heteromalla var. heteromalla
Dicranella heteromalla var. interrupta
Dicranella heteromalla var. latinervis
Dicranella heteromalla var. lusitanica
Dicranella heteromalla var. orthocarpa
Dicranella heteromalla var. orthophylla
Dicranella heteromalla var. pittieri
Dicranella heteromalla var. saxicola
Dicranella heteromalla var. secunda
Dicranella heteromalla var. sericea
Dicranella heteromalla var. straminea
Dicranella heteromalla var. stricta
Dicranella heteromalla var. strictifolia
Dicranella levieri
Dicranella levieri
Dicranella lusitanica
Others in Dicranella
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