Brachytheciuim

Brachythecium

	Size of plant	Nerve	Leaf form	Leaf length	Alar cells	Teeth	Seta	Habitat (in the Netherlands)	Notes	Occurence in The Netherlands	Page in Landwehr
populeum	small	to top	acuminate	2 mm	Large	top somewhat toothed	Rough upper, smooth lower	Rocks by water, base of willow and ash, damp areas	Leaves lie against stemp like a paintbrush	Very general	335
reflexum	small	to top	acuminate	1.5 mm	Very large	toothed all round, but esp top	Rough	Willow in osier beds	Leaves lie against stem, top sticking out, untidy	Rare	336
velutinium	small	3/4, sticking out dorsally	Sometimes long point, a bit clawed	2 mm	small	saw-toothed	Rough	Trees in damp woodland, dead wood, soil	looks like B. rutabulum; irregularly toothed, thread-like	General	337
plumosum	medium	3/4	leaf top fairly short	1.5 mm	large	smooth or small toothed	Rough upper, smooth lower	River banks	Side branches are bow-shaped, rusty/gold coloured	Very rare (general abroad)	338
mildeanum	large	3/4	Somewhat long, plicate	3.5 mm	small, vague	smooth	smooth, long	Wet clay/soil in floodplains, open marsh.	Broze-green	RL Vulnerable	341
oepodium	large, sparse	3/4	Sometimes weakly bent down	3 mm	vague, thick-walled	smooth or small toothed	weak, mamillate	Acid leaf litter, conifer stumps	Rhiziodes, long branches sticking up.	Rare	343
rivulare	large	3/4	Plicate, large decurrent auricle	2.5 mm	swollen	smooth or weakly toothed	Rough	Spring-fed forest, damp woodland, stream	Dendroid branching	RL Vulnerable	345
salebrosum	large	3/4, vague	narrow, sometimes claw-like, long point to leaf	3.5 mm	small, vague, thick-walled	smooth or weakly toothed	Smooth & long	Dead wood, willow	Glossy	General	342
albicans	large	3/4	Very acuminate	2.5 mm	larage group, decurrent	smooth	Rough	Basic sand	Bleached colour, braches horizontal with vertical branches like asparagus	Very general	339
rutabulum	Very large	3/4	variable	3 mm	group is small, not decurrent, small cells + swollen cells	small teeth	Very rough, mamillate	Everywhere		Very general	344

Brachythecium