Fissidens taxifolius Hedw., 1801

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Pocket-moss
🇫🇷 Fissident à feuilles d’if

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Fissidentaceae
Genus: Fissidens
Species: Fissidens taxifolius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Found on the soil in woodland, in moist and shady places such as crevices or ditches.

Photographs

img/fissidens-taxifolius.webp — Fissidens taxifolius

img/fissidens-taxifolius-2.webp — Fissidens taxifolius

img/fissidens-taxifolius-3.webp — Fissidens taxifolius - Leaves close-up

img/fissidens-taxifolius-4.webp — Fissidens taxifolius - Leaves

img/fissidens-taxifolius-5.webp — Fissidens taxifolius - Leaf

img/fissidens-taxifolius-6.webp — Fissidens taxifolius - Leaf tip

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 415). British Bryological Society.
Campisi, P., & Cogoni, A. (2019). Fissidens taxifolius (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84768409/87769961