Hypnum tamariscinum Hedwig, Sp. Musc. Frond., 261, plate 67, figs. 1-5. 1801

Plants vivid green to yellowish brown. Stems to 15 cm, (2 or) 3-pinnate, frondose; paraphyllia papillose near mid cell. Stem leaves loosely erect when dry, erect-spreading when moist, broadly ovate, plicate, 1.5-2 mm; margins revolute to base of acumen, denticulate distally; apex gradually to abruptly acuminate; costa ending near apex; distal laminal cells rounded to elliptic, 13-20 × 8-10 µm. Branch leaves with apical cell acute, smooth. Primary branch leaves 0.8 mm; costa ending before apex. Secondary branch leaves to 0.4 mm; apex acute; costa ending mid leaf. Perichaetial leaves 3 mm, margins long-ciliate proximally, serrate distally. Seta 2.5-4.5 cm. Capsule 3-4 mm; operculum 1.8 mm, obliquely long-rostrate; endostome cilia in groups of 3 or 4. Spores 12µm, smooth or very finely papillose.

Capsule maturity unknown. Moist soil, soil over rock, stream beds; low elevations; Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.); West Indies (Jamaica); Europe; e Asia (Japan, Russian Far East).

Thuidium tamariscinum is a woodland species of relatively large and elegantly frondose plants. The branching is typically 3-pinnate but sometimes 2-pinnate or imperfectly 3-pinnate. The primary branch leaves are 2-plicate with somewhat recurved proximal margins and delicate costae. The secondary branch leaves have erect margins and weak costae. The laminal cells are stoutly