Index / Search / Polytrichum commune
§1 Plant
Polytrichum commune Hedw.
vernacular polytrichum moss — species · Polytrichaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Nonvascular
- Group
- Moss
- Family
- Polytrichaceae Schwägr.
- Genus
- Polytrichum
Native status, by region
- NA NA Native
County-level range
· 11 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 11 counties across 2 states/territories.
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POCO38 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2683084 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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