Oxyrrhynchium hians, also known as Swartz's feather-moss or light beaked moss, is a species of moss in the family Brachytheciaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Swartz's Feather-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
- Rhynchostegium serrulatum
- Rhynchostegium megapolitanum
- Leptodictyum riparium
- Hygroamblystegium varium
- Microeurhynchium pumilum
- Kindbergia praelonga
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Brachytheciaceae
- Genus
- Oxyrrhynchium
- Species
- Oxyrrhynchium hians
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