Rhytidiadelphus pacificus
Lanky Moss
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
(Hedw.) Warnst. Species
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- Botanical name
- Rhytidiadelphus loreus
- Also known as
- Lanky Moss, Little Shaggy-Moss
- Family
- Hylocomiaceae
- Genus
- Rhytidiadelphus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Lanky Moss
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Rhytidiadelphus loreus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Heterocladium loreum
Hylocomium loreum
Hylocomium loreum f. adpressum
Hylocomium loreum var. adpressum
Hypnum loreiforme
Hypnum loreum
Hypnum loreum var. heterophyllum
Rhytidiadelphus loreus f. adpressus
Rhytidiastrum loreum
Others in Rhytidiadelphus
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