Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Norway Screw-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
- Syntrichia princeps
- Syntrichia cainii
- Syntrichia ruralis
- Syntrichia antarctica
- Tortula inermis
- Syntrichia ruraliformis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Pottiales
- Family
- Pottiaceae
- Genus
- Syntrichia
- Species
- Syntrichia norvegica
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