Niphotrichum ericoides(Brid.) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra

racomitrium moss

WFO wfo-0001212319 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 198292249
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. b Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55576525
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. c Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51727124
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. d Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44246287
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Randal
fig. e Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198292200
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. f Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55576466
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. g Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51727058
Niphotrichum ericoides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. h Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41178489

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 23 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.

  • Bryum ericoides (Brid.) Dicks.
  • Grimmia canescens var. epilosa (H.Müll. ex Milde) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Grimmia canescens var. ericoides (Brid.) Müll.Hal.
  • Grimmia ericoides (Brid.) Lindb.
  • Grimmia ericoides var. epilosa (H.Müll. ex Milde) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Grimmia lanuginosa var. ericoides (Brid.) Müll.Hal.
  • Racomitrium brevipes var. ericoides (Brid.) Kindb.
  • Racomitrium canescens f. angustifolium Vilh.
  • Racomitrium canescens f. epilosum (H.Müll. ex Milde) Vilh.
  • Racomitrium canescens f. epilosum Chał.
  • Racomitrium canescens f. ericoides (Brid.) Chał.
  • Racomitrium canescens f. repens Vilh.
  • Racomitrium canescens subsp. subfasciculare Kindb.
  • Racomitrium canescens var. brevifolium Kindb.
  • Racomitrium canescens var. epilosum C.Fitzg. & Bott.
  • Racomitrium canescens var. epilosum Chał.
  • Racomitrium canescens var. epilosum H.Müll. ex Milde
  • Racomitrium canescens var. ericoides (Brid.) Hampe
  • Racomitrium consocians Stirt.
  • Racomitrium ericoides (Brid.) Brid.
  • Racomitrium heterostichum var. ericoides (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. ex T.Durand
  • Trichostomum canescens var. ericoides (Brid.) Hartm.
  • Trichostomum ericoides 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol RAER2. public domain. 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.