English: Montagne’s Cylinder-moss.
German: Gelbstängelmoos.
Growth form: pleurocarp.
Habitat: in lime-rich habitats; species-rich, calcareous grassland; also in sand dunes, quarries, on limestone rock ledges and scree; abundant base-like, sun-dried placement in poor nutrition along gazon and bermbossages; rarely in the mountains, more acidic conditions.
BotanyMoss: medium to large; encountered as scattered shoots several centimetres long, though sometimes forming loose patches.
Stem: green, mid-green, various hues of yellow, gold and brown; irregularly pinnate with crowded branches.
Leaves: glossy, concave, egg-shaped to oblong, overlap each other, quite closely appressed to the stem; stem leaves are 2 mm long; branch leaves are about 1,5 mm long; leaf tip is blunt, sometimes with a short, abrupt point; nerve is either very short and double or absent; lie imbricately to the stalk, when dried.
Capsules: unknown.