General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 2 to 4 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Yellowish-green to dark green.
Fruiting Time: Spring
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Broom Moss
  • Broom Fork-Moss
  • Frog Moss
  • Mood Moss

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Five little chickens walking down a little rock path
Uploaded by sedumzz
Uploaded by sedumzz

Date: 2021-09-07

Date: 2021-09-07
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2007-04-14
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium)
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2007-04-14
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium)
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2007-04-14
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium)
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2007-04-14
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium)
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2007-04-21
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium)
Location:  Maligne Canyon, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-05

Date: September
credit: James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster

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