Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P.Beauv., 1805

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Smoothcap
🇫🇷 Atric ondulé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Polytrichales
Family: Polytrichaceae
Genus: Atrichum
Species: Atrichum undulatum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop., 1968, whose leaves have a rounder tip.

Found on the soil in woodland.

Photographs

img/atrichum-undulatum.webp — Atrichum undulatum

img/atrichum-undulatum-2.webp — Atrichum undulatum - Close-up showing undulate leaves with dentate margins

img/atrichum-undulatum-3.webp — Atrichum undulatum - Leaf tip

img/atrichum-undulatum-4.webp — Atrichum undulatum - Leaf margin

img/atrichum-undulatum-5.webp — Atrichum undulatum - Leaf nerve

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 330). British Bryological Society.
Campisi, P., Cogoni, A., Garcia, C., Hodgetts, N., Ignatov, M., Kucera, J., Lara, F., Lüth, M., & Schröck, C. (2019). Atrichum undulatum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84712912/87843314