Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt.
Detail
- Family
- Hypnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt.
- Common Name
- Synonym(s)
- Ctenidium malacoides Mitt.; Ctenedium molluscum var. condensatum (Schimp.) E.G. Britton
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Comments
- Many Virginia specimens have been called C. malacoides Mitt. FNA treats the latter as essentially a Latin American species and tentatively excludes it from the flora area pending a more focused comparison of New World populations.
- Habitat
- On soil, humus, tree bases, and rock outcrops in varied situations of wooded slopes, streambanks, swamp hummocks, bluffs, and cliffs. Distributed state-wide; common in some areas.
- Native Status
- Native
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