Urn Hair Moss

Pogonatum urnigerum is a species of moss in the family Polytrichaceae, commonly called urn haircap. The name comes from "urna" meaning "urn" and "gerere" meaning "to bear" which is believed to be a reference made towards the plant's wide-mouthed capsule. It can be found on gravelly banks or similar habitats and can be identified by the blue tinge to the overall green colour. The stem of this moss is wine red and it has rhizoids that keep the moss anchored to substrates. It is an acrocarpous moss that grows vertically with an archegonium borne at the top of each fertilized female gametophyte shoot which develops an erect sporophyte.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Urn Hair 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

• Dawsonia longiseta
• Polytrichadelphus magellanicus
• Polytrichum juniperinum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Polytrichopsida

Order

Polytrichales

Family

Polytrichaceae

Genus

Pogonatum

Species

Pogonatum urnigerum

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