Philonotis marchica(Hedw.) Brid.

philonotis moss

WFO wfo-0001150951 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Philonotis marchica, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-03 / obs. 126927311
Philonotis marchica, photographed by George Greiff
fig. b George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34024247
Philonotis marchica, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. c Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105298611
Philonotis marchica, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. d Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105308851
Philonotis marchica, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. e Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105308890
Philonotis marchica, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. f Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105308942

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 22 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.

  • Bartramia fontana var. marchica (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor
  • Bartramia marchica (Hedw.) Sw.
  • Bartramia muhlenbergii Schwägr.
  • Mnium marchicum Hedw.
  • Philonotis affinis Warnst.
  • Philonotis caespitosa var. ampliretis (Dixon) H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson
  • Philonotis fontana subsp. marchica (Hedw.) Boulay
  • Philonotis fontana var. ampliretis Dixon
  • Philonotis laxa Limpr.
  • Philonotis marchica f. gemmifera (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Philonotis marchica f. rivularis (Warnst.) Mönk.
  • Philonotis marchica subsp. laxa (Limpr.) Kindb.
  • Philonotis marchica var. aristata Renauld
  • Philonotis marchica var. gemmifera Warnst.
  • Philonotis marchica var. laxa (Limpr.) Loeske & Warnst.
  • Philonotis marchica var. marchica
  • Philonotis marchica var. meridionalis Loeske
  • Philonotis marchica var. rivularis (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Philonotis marchica var. trautmannii Loeske
  • Philonotis muhlenbergii (Schwägr.) Brid.
  • Philonotis rivularis Warnst.
  • Philonotis umbonata Kindb.

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.