Ptychostomum capillare (Hedw.) Holyoak & N.Pedersen, 2007

Common names

🇬🇧 Capillary Thread-moss
🇫🇷 Ptychostomum capillare, Bryum capillaire

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Bryaceae
Genus: Ptychostomum
Species: Ptychostomum capillare

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Found at the base of trees in woodland, as well as on walls or rocks.

Photographs

img/ptychostomum-capillare.webp — Ptychostomum capillare

img/ptychostomum-capillare-2.webp — Ptychostomum capillare

img/ptychostomum-capillare-3.webp — Ptychostomum capillare

img/ptychostomum-capillare-4.webp — Ptychostomum capillare - Close-up showing leaves with a long, thin hair at the tip

img/ptychostomum-capillare-5.webp — Ptychostomum capillare - Leaf

img/ptychostomum-capillare-6.webp — Ptychostomum capillare - Leaf tip

img/ptychostomum-capillare-7.webp — Ptychostomum capillare - Leaf margin

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 586). British Bryological Society.
Sabovljevic, M. (2019). Ptychostomum capillare (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84254781/87778310