Rough-stalked Feather-moss - Brachythecium rutabulum
A common but variable moss forming loose, medium-sized patches. Capsules are frequent, having a curved, egg-shaped form with a roughened seta (visible with a hand lens).
Happy in a broad range of habitats. Shady or open places. On logs, stump, trunks and branches, as well as stones, rubble and rocks, walls and even soil, gravel or grassland. Only altitude or very high acidity seem to reduce its frequency.
Very common and widespread in Britain.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 January 2018
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
21 January 2021
rough surface of seta
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
26 September 2015
Steve Woodward
New Lount
14 November 2010
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Rough-stalked Feather-moss
- Species group:
- Mosses & Liverworts
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Hypnales
- Family:
- Brachytheciaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 98
- First record:
- 10/11/1991 (Dennis Ballard)
- Last record:
- 31/03/2024 (Smith, Peter)
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David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
12 January 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 February 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
13 February 2014
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 January 2018
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
11 January 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 March 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 March 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
24 December 2011
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
15 December 2012
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
15 December 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 February 2013
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 December 2013
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 December 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 May 2013
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Rutland Water
26 September 2015
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
08 March 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
13 February 2014
