Mnium marginatum(Dicks.) P.Beauv.

olivegreen calcareous moss

WFO wfo-0001187592 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 194840111
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126883879
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126661177
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126292260
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. e Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69918511
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68784235
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. g Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59534313
Mnium marginatum, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. h Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121973858

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Also published as 39 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.

  • Astrophyllum magnirete Lindb. & Arnell
  • Astrophyllum marginatum (Dicks.) Lindb.
  • Astrophyllum orthorhynchum var. riparium (Mitt.) Kindb.
  • Astrophyllum riparium (Mitt.) Lindb.
  • Bryum marginatum Dicks.
  • Bryum pensylvanicum (Brid.) Brid.
  • Bryum serratum (Schrad. ex Brid.) Sw.
  • Bryum serratum var. pensylvanicum (Brid.) Brid.
  • Hypnum marginatum (Dicks.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Hypnum serratum (Schrad. ex Brid.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Mnium adnivense J.J.Amann
  • Mnium distantifolium Kindb.
  • Mnium fillionii Saut.
  • Mnium loeskeanum Hamm.
  • Mnium magnirete (Lindb. & Arnell) Kindb.
  • Mnium magnirete var. polymorphum X.J.Li & M.Zang
  • Mnium marginatum f. coerulescens Latzel
  • Mnium marginatum var. apiculatum Lindb.
  • Mnium marginatum var. aristatum Thér. & Trab.
  • Mnium marginatum var. fillionii (Saut.) Głow.
  • Mnium marginatum var. integrifolium Lindb.
  • Mnium marginatum var. loeskeanum (Hamm.) Podp.
  • Mnium marginatum var. riparium (Mitt.) Husn.
  • Mnium niagarae Kindb.

and 15 more.

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.