One of the tallest UK mosses, this species can form tufts up to 40cm tall. Found in acidic areas of high rainfall and humidity, such as wet heaths, bogs and moorland and by streams in woodland. To me, each stem looks like a tiny pine tree. (LINK)
Polytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution. (Less common vernacular names include bird wheat and pigeon wheat.) The genus Polytrichum has a number of closely related sporophytic characters.
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