Status in Britain: Common

This is a common moss in a wide variety of habitats, and in woodlands it is often abundant, on banks, on tree bases and on rocks. Its leaves are more or less parallel for most of their length, tapering to a point at their tip. The leaf margins have a border of narrow, elongated cells, and teeth which occur in pairs. In colour the plants are a dullish dark green, but in the spring the light green of new shoot tips provides a marked contrast. It is often found with abundant capsules in the spring.