Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M.Fleisch., 1923

Common names

🇬🇧 Neat Feather-moss
🇫🇷 Mousse des jardiniers

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Genus: Pseudoscleropodium
Species: Pseudoscleropodium purum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt., 1869, which has reddish stems, and leaves lacking a point at their tip, while P. purum has green stems, and leaves with a short, recurved point at their tip.

Found on the soil in acidic grassland, as well as woodland.

Photographs

img/pseudoscleropodium-purum.webp — *Pseudoscleropodium purum*

img/pseudoscleropodium-purum-2.webp — *Pseudoscleropodium purum*

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 753). British Bryological Society.
Sabovljevic, M. (2019). Pseudoscleropodium purum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80719455/88382414