Orthothecium intricatum(Hartm.) Schimp.

intricate orthothecium moss

WFO wfo-0001189094 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Orthothecium intricatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-04-25 / obs. 69346583
Orthothecium intricatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69346657
Orthothecium intricatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69347288

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 28 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.

  • Holmgrenia intricata (Hartm.) Lindb.
  • Holmgrenia irrorata (Müll.Hal.) Kindb.
  • Hypnum cupressiforme var. sericeolum Brid.
  • Hypnum irroratum Müll.Hal.
  • Hypnum scitulum Austin
  • Isothecium intricatum (Hartm.) Boulay
  • Leskea intricata Hartm.
  • Leskea intricata var. alpina T.Jensen
  • Leskea polycarpa var. sericeola (Brid.) Brid.
  • Leskea subrufa Wilson
  • Orthothecium bollei (De Not.) A.Jaeger
  • Orthothecium intricatum f. alpinum (T.Jensen) Podp.
  • Orthothecium intricatum f. laxirete (Herzog) Podp.
  • Orthothecium intricatum f. sericeum (Schimp.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Orthothecium intricatum f. subsulcatum (Głow.) Podp.
  • Orthothecium intricatum var. abbreviatum Dixon
  • Orthothecium intricatum var. alpinum (T.Jensen) Paris
  • Orthothecium intricatum var. laxirete Herzog
  • Orthothecium intricatum var. sericeum Schimp.
  • Orthothecium intricatum var. subsulcatum Głow.
  • Orthothecium irroratum (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Pylaisia bollei De Not.
  • Pylaisia intricata (Hartm.) Venturi & Bott.
  • Pylaisia sericea De Not.

and 4 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.