English: Common feathermoss; Delicate feathermoss; Ostrich-plume moss.
Synonym: Stachydium praelongum; Eurhynchium praelongum.
German: Verlängertes Schönschnabelmoos; Hain-Gießkannenmoos.
Clades: Bryophytes, Bryopsida,
Hypnales,
Brachytheciaceae.
Region: Northern Hemisphere, Europe, North America, parts of Asia; introduced in New Zealand.
Habitat: shaded, moist; woodland floors, shaded banks, decaying logs, lawns in temperate climates.
Use: ornamental, in terrarium displays, or damp woodland restoration, as ground cover.
Other: Known for its distinctive, intricately branched, feathery, and laxly spreading frond-like stems that form loose, bright green mats across the forest floor.
BotanyType: moss; creeping, mat-forming.
Stem: long, creeping, irregularly to regularly pinnately branched; stretch out horizontally, often appearing flattened or feathery.
Leaves: dimorphic; stem leaves are broad-based with a long, tapering, reflexed tip; branch leaves are much smaller, narrower, and sharply toothed.
Fruit: capsule, sporophyte; borne on a long, rough (papillose) reddish-brown seta, featuring an operculum with a beak.
Dispersion: by air currents.
Clades:
Homalotheciaceae;
Brachytheciales;
Bryidae;
Bryanae;
Bryophyta;
Plants;
Kingdoms.