Campylopus bicolor is a species of moss found in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It is characterised by blackish colouration, leaves with distinctive hood-like tips, and a broad central strand occupying up to four-fifths of the leaf width. The species plays an important role in rock colonisation, forming moss "aprons" or mats that can store significant moisture and provide microhabitats for other plants. Two varieties are recognised: the typical form (var. bicolor) with hood-like leaf tips, and the rarer var. ericeticola with hair-like points.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blunt swan-neck 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
- Campylopus pilifer
- Campylopus clavatus
- Campylopus appressifolius
- Campylopus atrovirens
- Campylopus fragilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Leucobryaceae
- Genus
- Campylopus
- Species
- Campylopus bicolor
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