Diphyscium chiapense subsp. unipapillosum
Nut Moss
Diphyscium foliosum
(Hedw.) D.Mohr Species
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- Botanical name
- Diphyscium foliosum
- Also known as
- Nut Moss, Nut-Moss, Powder Gun Moss
- Family
- Diphysciaceae
- Genus
- Diphyscium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Nut Moss
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Diphyscium foliosum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Buxbaumia foliosa
Didymodon camusii
Diphascum foliosum
Diphyscium foliosum var. acutifolium
Diphyscium foliosum var. acutifolium
Diphyscium foliosum var. alpinum
Diphyscium foliosum var. elatum
Diphyscium foliosum var. rostromitratum
Diphyscium granulosum
Diphyscium macrophyllum
Diphyscium sessile
Diphyscium sessile var. acutifolium
Diphyscium sessile var. acutifolium
Diphyscium sessile var. alpinum
Diphyscium sessile var. rostratum
Diphyscium sessile var. rostromitratum
Hymenopogum heterophyllum
Mollia haggartii
Webera sessilis
Webera sessilis var. acutifolia
Others in Diphyscium
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