Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw., 1801

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
• 🇫🇷 Hypne cyprès

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Setaphytes
• Clade: Bryophytes
• Class: Bryopsida
• Subclass: Bryidae
• Order: Hypnales
• Family: Hypnaceae
• Genus: Hypnum
• Species: Hypnum cupressiforme

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with H. andoi A.J.E.Sm., 1981, whose capsules have a short nipple-like tip, while those of H. cupressiforme have a long beak.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• H. cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hedw., 1801, P;
• H. cupressiforme var. filiforme Brid., 1801, P;
• H. cupressiforme var. heseleri (Ando & Higuchi) M.O.Hill, 2006, P;
• H. cupressiforme var. lacunosum Brid., 1801, P;
• H. cupressiforme var. subjulaceum Molendo, 1865, P.

Found on trees and dead wood in woodland.

Photographs

Sources

• Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 802). British Bryological Society.

• Sim-Sim, M. (2019). Hypnum cupressiforme (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87462895/87713959