Status in Britain: Common

This moss is one of the few British species with a dendroid structure. It occurs in a wide range of habitats, including dunes, willow carr, and wet grassland - always where the conditions are at least mildly basic. The sparse stem leaves are broad and rounded at their tip. The branch leaves are narrower, and coarsely toothed at their apices. Both stem and branch leaves have a nerve to above mid-leaf.