Hygroamblystegium varium is a species of moss in the Amblystegiaceae family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tangled thread moss being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amblystegium serpens
- Leptodictyum riparium
- Hygroamblystegium tenax
- Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus
- Sciuro-hypnum plumosum
- Oxyrrhynchium hians
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Amblystegiaceae
- Genus
- Hygroamblystegium
- Species
- Hygroamblystegium varium
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