Pinched Shaggy Moss

Loeskeobryum brevirostre

(Brid.) M.Fleisch. ex Broth. Species

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Botanical name
Loeskeobryum brevirostre
Also known as
Pinched Shaggy Moss, Short-Beaked Wood-Moss
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Loeskeobryum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Pinched Shaggy Moss

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Other names for this plant

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

Hylocomium brevirostre Hylocomium brevirostre var. falcatum Hylocomium dentatum Hylocomium giganteum Hylocomium interruptum Hypnum brevirostre Hypnum brevirostre var. interruptum Hypnum erectum Hypnum interruptum Hypnum pallescens Hypnum rutabulum var. brevirostre Hypnum triquetrum var. brevirostre Hypnum triquetrum var. minus Loeskeobryum brevirostre f. falcatum Loeskeobryum giganteum Pleurozium brevirostre Pterobryopsis dentata

Others in Loeskeobryum

Loeskeobryum cavifolium

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