Red-Stemmed Feather Moss

Pleurozium schreberi

(Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. Species

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Botanical name
Pleurozium schreberi
Also known as
Red-Stemmed Feather Moss, Red-Stemmed Feather-Moss, Schreber's Big Red Stem Moss
Family
Hylocomiaceae
Genus
Pleurozium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Red-Stemmed Feather Moss

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Other names for this plant

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

Calliergon schreberi Calliergonella schreberi Calliergonella schreberi var. tananae Cuspidaria schreberi Entodon schensianus var. denticuspis Entodon schreberi Entodon schreberi f. alpinus Entodon schreberi f. densum Entodon schreberi f. secundus Heterophyllium brevifolium Hylocomium japonicum Hylocomium laevigatum Hylocomium laevigatum var. elongatum Hylocomium parietinum Hylocomium parietinum subsp. laevigatum Hylocomium parietinum var. crassum Hylocomium parietinum var. elongatum Hylocomium parietinum var. laevigatum Hylocomium parietinum var. secundum Hylocomium schreberi Hylocomium schreberi f. densum Hylocomium schreberi f. splendens Hylocomium schreberi subsp. laevigatum Hylocomium schreberi var. densum Hylocomium schreberi var. dentatum Hylocomium schreberi var. elongatum Hylocomium schreberi var. reptans Hylocomium splendens var. elongatum Hypnopsis compressa Hypnopsis schreberi Hypnum compressum Hypnum curlandicum Hypnum macilentum Hypnum muticum Hypnum parietinum Hypnum schreberi Hypnum schreberi f. mucronatum Hypnum schreberi f. pendulum Hypnum schreberi var. crassum Hypnum schreberi var. curlandicum Hypnum schreberi var. dentatum Hypnum schreberi var. elongatum Hypnum schreberi var. gracile Hypnum schreberi var. gracilescens Hypnum schreberi var. laevigatum Hypnum schreberi var. pungens Hypnum schreberi var. secundum Hypnum schreberi var. submersum Hypnum sebillei Hypnum tananae Pleurozia schreberi Pleurozium schreberi f. alpinum Pleurozium schreberi f. crassum Pleurozium schreberi f. densum Pleurozium schreberi f. dentatum Pleurozium schreberi f. elongatum Pleurozium schreberi f. gracile Pleurozium schreberi f. longirameum Pleurozium schreberi f. mucronatum Pleurozium schreberi f. pendulum and 7 more

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