Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp.
Detail
- Family
- Thuidiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp.
- Common Name
- Delicate Fern Moss
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not applicable
- Comments
- FNA maps both var. delicatulum and var. radicans (Kindb.) Crum, Steere & Anders. in Virginia. However, since practically no herbarium specimens are annotated to variety, their mapping here will have to depend on future studies.
- Habitat
- A very common moss of moist, or periodically moist soil, rotting wood, tree bases, swamp hummocks, and humus-covered rocks. Widespread throughout the state in forests, old fields, and even lawns.
- Native Status
- Native
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