Leucodon julaceus(Hedw.) Sull.

leucodon moss

WFO wfo-0001163385 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. a Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-07 / obs. 178668632
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. b Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178093528
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. c Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175539804
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. d Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174438026
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by John Kees
fig. e John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173782219
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. f Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104492453
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by Austin Pursley
fig. g Austin Pursley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 70840363
Leucodon julaceus, photographed by John Abrams
fig. h John Abrams, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58995973

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Where it actually grows measured, from 619 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -3.6 °C 1.7 °C 6.6 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 27.6 °C 32.0 °C 34.6 °C
Annual rainfall 877 mm 1,239 mm 1,670 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 154 mm 255 mm 345 mm

It is found where winters bring light 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 619 research-grade observations of Leucodon julaceus 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 Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.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 16 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.

  • Cryphaea vermicularis (Brid.) Brid.
  • Fissidens julaceus (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Grimmia julacea (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Hedwigia vermicularis (Brid.) Bach.Pyl.
  • Hypnum julaceum (Hedw.) Jolycl.
  • Leucodon julaceus f. flagellifer Grout
  • Leucodon julaceus f. julaceus
  • Leucodontella julacea (Hedw.) Nog.
  • Maschalocarpus julaceus (Hedw.) Spreng.
  • Neckera julacea (Hedw.) Trevis.
  • Neckera pseudalopecura Müll.Hal.
  • Phascum repens With.
  • Pterigynandrum julaceum Hedw.
  • Pterogoniadelphus julaceus (Hedw.) Tad.Suzuki & Z.Iwats.
  • Pterogonium julaceum (Hedw.) Turton
  • Sphagnum vermiculare Brid.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. 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.