Common Tamarisk-moss - Thuidium tamariscinum

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Description

The bright yellow-green fern-like shoots make this one of our more distinctive mosses. They are usually tri-pinnately branched and form mats 5 to 25 cm across.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

It grows in woodland, hedge banks and in grassland in damp places.

When to see it

All year round.

UK Status

Widespread and common in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath Woods
    19 January 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    Charley Woods
    21 December 2022
  • David Nicholls
    Willesley Woods
    07 October 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Wood
    11 March 2019
  • David Nicholls
    White's Wood, Swithland
    28 February 2015
  • David Nicholls
    White's Wood, Swithland
    28 February 2015

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Species profile

Common names
Common Tamarisk-moss
Species group:
Mosses & Liverworts
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Hypnales
Family:
Thuidiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
39
First record:
21/09/1998 (Anthony Fletcher)
Last record:
03/03/2024 (Bell, Melinda)

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  • Steve Mathers
    Bagworth Heath
    21 February 2017
  • Steve Mathers
    Bagworth Heath
    21 February 2017
  • David Nicholls
    Stonesby Quarry
    25 March 2017
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    18 September 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    22 January 2018
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Wood
    11 March 2019
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    24 April 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    24 April 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    22 January 2018
  • Melinda Bell
    Albert Village, Lake
    01 February 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    Bardon,Bardon Hill
    06 March 2020