Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations
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Where it actually grows measured, from 574 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | -5.2 °C | 0.5 °C | 4.3 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 16.6 °C | 22.2 °C | 25.0 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 1,150 mm | 2,218 mm | 4,109 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 92 mm | 225 mm | 420 mm |
It is found where winters bring hard frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 574 research-grade observations of Dicranum fuscescens that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.
This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.
Also published as 48 synonyms
A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.
- Dicranodon scoparium var. fuscescens (Turner) Béhéré
- Dicranum camptophyllum Kindb.
- Dicranum congestum Brid.
- Dicranum congestum subsp. fuscescens (Turner) J.J.Amann
- Dicranum congestum var. divaricatum Herzog
- Dicranum congestum var. fagimontanum (Brid.) Steud.
- Dicranum congestum var. falcifolium (Braithw.) J.J.Amann
- Dicranum congestum var. longirostre (Schwägr.) Hampe
- Dicranum congestum var. robustum Bruch & Schimp.
- Dicranum congestum var. rupestre (Brid.) Huebener
- Dicranum congestum var. subspadiceum Arnell & C.E.O.Jensen
- Dicranum congestum var. tortum (Arnell & C.E.O.Jensen) J.J.Amann
- Dicranum crispulum Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
- Dicranum fagimontanum Brid.
- Dicranum fergussonii Stirt.
- Dicranum fuscescens f. falcifolium (Braithw.) Mönk.
- Dicranum fuscescens f. subalbescens Limpr.
- Dicranum fuscescens f. tortum (Arnell & C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen
- Dicranum fuscescens subsp. congestum (Brid.) Kindb.
- Dicranum fuscescens subsp. fuscescens
- Dicranum fuscescens subsp. subbrevifolium Kindb.
- Dicranum fuscescens var. angustifolium Husn.
- Dicranum fuscescens var. angustifolium Schimp.
- Dicranum fuscescens var. angustifolium Arnell & C.E.O.Jensen
and 24 more.
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.