Cosson's Hook Moss

Scorpidium cossonii

(Schimp.) Hedenäs Species

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Botanical name
Scorpidium cossonii
Also known as
Cosson's Hook Moss, Intermediate Hook-Moss
Family
Scorpidiaceae
Genus
Scorpidium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Cosson's Hook Moss

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Amblystegium intermedium Amblystegium intermedium f. arcticum Amblystegium intermedium var. cossonii Amblystegium revolvens var. cossonii Amblystegium revolvens var. intermedium Drepanocladus cossonii Drepanocladus exannulatus var. polaris Drepanocladus intermedius Drepanocladus intermedius f. exalaris Drepanocladus intermedius var. cossonii Drepanocladus intermedius var. fallax Drepanocladus intermedius var. gracilis Drepanocladus intermedius var. purpurascens Drepanocladus intermedius var. robustus Drepanocladus intermedius var. rupicola Drepanocladus intermedius var. tenellus Drepanocladus revolvens f. cossonii Drepanocladus revolvens subsp. cossonii Drepanocladus revolvens subsp. intermedius Drepanocladus revolvens var. intermedius Drepanocladus vernicosus var. molle Harpidium intermedium Hypnum aduncum var. tenue Hypnum cossonii Hypnum cossonii subsp. rigidum Hypnum cossonii var. rigidum Hypnum intermedium Hypnum intermedium f. purpureum Hypnum intermedium subsp. cossonii Hypnum intermedium subsp. cossonii Hypnum intermedium unranked arcticum Hypnum intermedium var. alpinum Hypnum intermedium var. aristatum Hypnum intermedium var. giganteum Hypnum intermedium var. nigrescens Hypnum intermedium var. purpureum Hypnum intermedium var. rigidum Hypnum intermedium var. violascens Hypnum kneiffii subsp. micropterum Hypnum rabenhorstii Hypnum revolvens subsp. cossonii Hypnum revolvens subsp. intermedium Hypnum revolvens subsp. rigidum Hypnum revolvens var. cossonii Hypnum revolvens var. intermedium Hypnum revolvens var. intermedium Hypnum vernicosum Hypnum vernicosum var. cossonii Limprichtia cossonii Limprichtia intermedia Limprichtia revolvens var. tenuis Stereodon aduncus var. tenuis

Others in Scorpidium

Scorpidium revolvens
Rusty Hook Moss
Scorpidium scorpioides
Hooked Scorpion Moss

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