Hooked Scorpion Moss

Scorpidium scorpioides

(Hedw.) Limpr. Species

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Botanical name
Scorpidium scorpioides
Also known as
Hooked Scorpion Moss, Hooked Scorpion-Moss
Family
Scorpidiaceae
Genus
Scorpidium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Hooked Scorpion 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 scorpioides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Amblystegium scorpioides Amblystegium sendtneri var. hamatum Amblystegium wilsonii var. hamatum Calliergon scorpioides Calliergon subturgescens Drepanocladus aduncus var. hamatum Drepanocladus scorpioides Drepanocladus scorpioides f. rugulosus Drepanocladus scorpioides f. subsimplex Drepanocladus scorpioides f. suffocatus Drepanocladus scorpioides var. fluitans Drepanocladus scorpioides var. gracilescens Drepanocladus scorpioides var. julaceus Drepanocladus scorpioides var. pratensis Drepanocladus sendtneri subf. hamatus Drepanocladus sendtneri var. hamatus Drepanocladus wilsonii var. hamatus Fontinalis turfacea Hypnum aduncum var. hamatum Hypnum crassum Hypnum lycopodioides var. hamatum Hypnum scorpioides Hypnum scorpioides unranked julaceum Hypnum scorpioides var. angustifolium Hypnum scorpioides var. gracilescens Hypnum scorpioides var. ochraceoides Hypnum scorpioides var. subjulaceum Hypnum scorpioides var. submersum Hypnum sendtneri var. hamatum Hypnum wilsonii var. hamatum Scorpidium scorpioides f. angustifolium Scorpidium scorpioides f. cuspidatum Scorpidium scorpioides f. fluitans Scorpidium scorpioides f. gracile Scorpidium scorpioides f. gracilescens Scorpidium scorpioides f. julaceum Scorpidium scorpioides f. longicuspis Scorpidium scorpioides f. ochraceoides Scorpidium scorpioides f. pratense Scorpidium scorpioides f. robustum Scorpidium scorpioides f. subsimplex Scorpidium scorpioides var. angustifolium Scorpidium scorpioides var. cuspidatum Scorpidium scorpioides var. gracilescens Scorpidium scorpioides var. julaceum Scorpidium scorpioides var. ochraceoides Scorpidium scorpioides var. pratense Scorpidium scorpioides var. venezuelense Scorpidium turfaceum Stereodon scorpioides

Others in Scorpidium

Scorpidium revolvens
Rusty Hook Moss
Scorpidium cossonii
Cosson's Hook Moss

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