Hypnodendron vitiense Mitt., commonly known as palm moss or palm tree moss, is a pleurocarp moss of which two subspecies are described: Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. vitiense and H. vitiense subsp. australe. The geographic range for the species spans Australia, Asia, and Oceania. The plant is commonly located in shaded wet forests and rainforests near water sources.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hypnodendron vitiense 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
- Hypnodendron arcuatum
- Sciadocladus kerrii
- Thamnobryum alleghaniense
- Thamnobryum alopecurum
- Leucolepis acanthoneura
- Pleuroziopsis ruthenica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnodendrales
- Family
- Hypnodendraceae
- Genus
- Hypnodendron
- Species
- Hypnodendron vitiense
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