English: Silky Wall Feather-moss; Silk moss.
German: Seidenmoos.
Clades:
Brachytheciaceae,
Hypnales.
Region: cosmopolitan, Europe, East Asia, Africa, North America.
Habitat: on walls, trees and other basic substrates but not on the ground; calcareous rocks and walls; shaded locations; calf-loving; natural areas and cities.
Culture: threatened by air pollutants.
BotanyGrowth form: pleurocarp.
Stem: distinctive curled-up look of the crowded secondary branches shoots when dry; creeps around and adheres closely to substrates; calcicoles; glossy, yellow-green appearance.
Leaves: have longitudinal pleats; usually glossy and golden green rather than matt brown; narrowly triangular; finely tapered leaves; with a nerve and elongated cells; base of the leaf is conspicuously toothed; when dry, they lay like a roof tile on the stems and the branches curl upwards.