genus

Big Red Stem Moss

Pleurozium

Field notes

Pleurozium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hylocomiaceae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

Pleurozium flagellare (Schimp.) Kindb.

Pleurozium quitense (Mitt.) B.H.Allen & Magill

Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.