Polytrichum pallidisetumFunck

polytrichum moss

WFO wfo-0001170208 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 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.

Polytrichum pallidisetum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. a Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 192565576
Polytrichum pallidisetum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. b Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192565507
Polytrichum pallidisetum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. c Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192565649
Polytrichum pallidisetum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. d Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192565730

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 11 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.

  • Polytrichastrum pallidisetum (Funck) G.L.Sm.
  • Polytrichum attenuatum subsp. pallidisetum (Funck) Kindb.
  • Polytrichum attenuatum var. pallidisetum (Funck) H.A.Möller
  • Polytrichum decipiens Limpr.
  • Polytrichum decipiens var. strictifolium Warnst.
  • Polytrichum formosum subsp. decipiens (Limpr.) Loeske
  • Polytrichum formosum subsp. decipiens (Limpr.) Albr. Rohn.
  • Polytrichum formosum var. pallidisetum (Funck) Steud.
  • Polytrichum ohioense subsp. decipiens (Limpr.) Pilous
  • Polytrichum ohioense var. strictifolium (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Polytrichum smithiae Grout

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 POPA29. 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.