Syntrichia norvegicaF.Weber

Norwegian Tortula Moss

WFO wfo-0001191355 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

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.

Syntrichia norvegica, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-26 / obs. 153682705
Syntrichia norvegica, photographed by Randal
fig. b Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 153682734
Syntrichia norvegica, photographed by Randal
fig. c Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 153682765

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 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 aciphylla Bruch & Schimp.
  • Barbula brachyangia Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
  • Barbula norvegica (F.Weber) Lindb.
  • Barbula ruralis subsp. aciphylla (Bruch & Schimp.) Boulay
  • Syntrichia aciphylla (Bruch & Schimp.) Jur.
  • Syntrichia aciphylla f. calva (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia aciphylla var. calva J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia aciphylla var. latipila J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia cainii (H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson) R.H.Zander
  • Syntrichia montana f. rufipila (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia montana var. rufipila J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia ruralis f. calva (J.J.Amann) Podp.
  • Syntrichia ruralis f. compacta (Głow.) Podp.
  • Syntrichia ruralis f. rufipila (Herzog) Podp.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. norvegica (F.Weber) Steud.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. pseudoaciphylla (H.Winter) Podp.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. rufipila (Herzog) J.J.Amann
  • Tortula aciphylla (Bruch & Schimp.) Hartm.
  • Tortula aciphylla var. compacta Głow.
  • Tortula alpina De Not.
  • Tortula brachyangia (Müll.Hal. & Kindb.) Broth.
  • Tortula cainii H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson
  • Tortula norvegica (F.Weber) Lindb.
  • Tortula norvegica var. calva (J.J.Amann) W.A.Kramer

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.