Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus

English: Sparse crane moss; Leaf moss; Springy turf-moss; Square goose neck moss.
German: Kranzmoos; Sparriges Kranzmoos.
Clades: Hypnaceae, Hypnales, Bryanae, Bryophyta, Plants.
Region: Eurasia, North America, introduced to the Southern Hemisphere.
Name: Hypnum squarrosum.
Name: Rhytidiadelphus menas adelfós, brother, of Rhytidium; squarrosus rmeans right-angled, the leaves
DD: Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus, Rhytidiadelphus japonicus, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus.
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Clades: Hylocomiaceae; Hypnales.Botany: very tolerant, calcareous grassland, acid heaths; man-made habitats, lawns, golf courses; reproduction asexual, with capsules; most common moss; broad ecological tolerances; habitat mostly man-made, regularly mown lawns, golf courses, calcareous grassland, acid heaths, heavily grazed pastures; extensive mat of branching stems; sheathed in leaves, bend sharply back at a right angle, spread outwards from the stem; leaf bases are broad with a pair of short nerves; rarely produces capsules, reproduction is mostly asexual.