Oake's Wood-Moss

Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum

(Spruce) M.Fleisch. ex Broth. Species

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Botanical name
Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum
Also known as
Oake S Wood Moss, Oake's Wood-Moss
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Hylocomiastrum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Oake's Wood-Moss

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Other names for this plant

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

Hygrohypnum bestii var. pyrenaicum Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum var. cuspidatum Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum var. latifolium Hylocomium fimbriatum Hylocomium oakesii Hylocomium oakesii var. cuspidatum Hylocomium oakesii var. minusculum Hylocomium pyrenaicum Hylocomium pyrenaicum var. brachythecioides Hylocomium pyrenaicum var. cuspidatum Hylocomium pyrenaicum var. latifolium Hypnum fimbriatum Hypnum oakesii Hypnum pyrenaicum Pleurozium pyrenaicum Ptychodium serratum

Others in Hylocomiastrum

Hylocomiastrum himalayanum
Hylocomiastrum umbratum
Shaded Woods Moss

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