Thuidium tamariscinum (Hedw.) Schimp., 1852

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Common Tamarisk-moss
• 🇫🇷 Thuidie à feuilles de Tamaris

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Setaphytes
• Clade: Bryophytes
• Class: Bryopsida
• Subclass: Bryidae
• Order: Hypnales
• Family: Thuidiaceae
• Genus: Thuidium
• Species: Thuidium tamariscinum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp., 1852, which has reddish stems, while T. tamariscinum has green stems.

Found on the soil in woodland, or at the base of trees.

Photographs

Sources

• Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 696). British Bryological Society.

• Baudraz, M.E.A., & Schnyder, N. (2019). Thuidium tamariscinum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87469751/87743497