Syntrichia montanaNees

tortula moss

WFO wfo-0001191348 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syntrichia montana, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-12 / obs. 182658009
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Thom Starnes
fig. b Thom Starnes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170568767
Syntrichia montana, photographed by oliverc29
fig. c oliverc29, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106012862
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105402536
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104355007
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102905882
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. g Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 97469739
Syntrichia montana, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. h Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86223058

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Also published as 33 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.

  • Barbula intermedia (Brid.) A.W.H.Walther & Molendo
  • Barbula intermedia var. calva (Durieu & Sagot ex Schimp.) Milde
  • Barbula intermedia var. planifolia (Warnst. & M.Fleisch.) Paris
  • Barbula intermedia var. rupestris Milde
  • Barbula montana (Nees) Corb.
  • Barbula pulvinata var. rupestris Milde
  • Barbula ruralis subsp. intermedia (Brid.) Boulay
  • Barbula ruralis var. calva Durieu & Sagot ex Schimp.
  • Barbula ruralis var. intermedia (Brid.) Limpr.
  • Barbula ruralis var. rupestris Bruch & Schimp.
  • Syntrichia intermedia Brid.
  • Syntrichia intermedia var. calva (Durieu & Sagot ex Schimp.) Delogne
  • Syntrichia montana f. brevifolia (Arnold) Podp.
  • Syntrichia montana subsp. subcalcicola Giacom.
  • Syntrichia montana var. planifolia (Warnst. & M.Fleisch.) Podp.
  • Syntrichia montana var. subcalcicola (Giacom.) Podp.
  • Tortula crinita (De Not.) De Not.
  • Tortula crinita var. calva (Durieu & Sagot ex Schimp.) Nebel & Heinrichs
  • Tortula intermedia (Brid.) Berk.
  • Tortula intermedia var. calva (Durieu & Sagot ex Schimp.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Tortula intermedia var. intermedia
  • Tortula intermedia var. planifolia (Warnst. & M.Fleisch.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Tortula intermedia var. subcalcicola (Giacom.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Tortula montana (Nees) Lindb.

and 9 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.