English: Hair pointed Feather-moss.
German: Pinsel-Haarblattmoos.
Region: northern hemisphere, Eurasia, Northern America.
Habitat: damp forests, on meadows up to the alpine level; common on the ground in woodland, on banks, at the base of old walls, among sheltered rocks and stones; base-rich, on clay, in some shade or shelter.
BotanyMoss; fairly robust; pale, sometimes whitish-green, especially at the shoot and branch tips.
Stems: irregularly branched; shoots up to 10 cm or more long; more or less pinnate; relatively short side branches which spread at right angles to the main stem and are attenuated at the tip.
Leaves: pale green, partly shimmering; oval-shaped, slightly serrated; suddenly hair-shaped pointed; the vein goes to about the middle of the leaf; egg-shaped to oblong on the main stem; strongly concave; contract abruptly at the tip to a long, hair-like point; 2 to 2.5 mm long, excluding the point; single nerve reaches mid- leaf or above; branch leaves are less abruptly contracted, with a tapering rather than threadlike point.
Capsules: rare; seta is warty rough.