Rhytidiadelphus loreus(Hedw.) Warnst.

goose neck moss

WFO wfo-0001174856 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205172603
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. b Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205984720
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. c Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205976282
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by José Luis Camaño
fig. d José Luis Camaño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202656822
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Roger Rittmaster
fig. e Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204010043
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. f Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198903359
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. g Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198908489
Rhytidiadelphus loreus, photographed by Lyrae
fig. h Lyrae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198651311

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Also published as 9 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.

  • Heterocladium loreum (Hedw.) E.Britton
  • Hylocomium loreum (Hedw.) Schimp.
  • Hylocomium loreum f. adpressum Jaap ex Loeske
  • Hylocomium loreum var. adpressum (Jaap ex Loeske) Jaap
  • Hypnum loreiforme Gray
  • Hypnum loreum Hedw.
  • Hypnum loreum var. heterophyllum Brid.
  • Rhytidiadelphus loreus f. adpressus (Jaap ex Loeske) Podp.
  • Rhytidiastrum loreum (Hedw.) Ignatov & Ignatova

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.