English name: Yellow crisp-moss
An acrocarpous moss that forms low, yellow-green tufts. When moist, the tongue-shaped leaves have slightly wavy margins, when dry, they are curled up and contorted. On dry plants, the colourless leaf base hugs the stem.
In Scotland, Tortella flavovirens has a scattered coastal distribution where it is found on stable sand in calcareous sand dunes, on soil slopes below cliffs and in crevices in coastal rocks. BBS distribution map
Look out for Didymodon tophaceus, Schistidium maritimum, Syntrichia ruralis var. ruraliformis, Tortula viridifolia and Trichostomum brachydontium nearby.
Confusion species: Tortella tortuosa and Trichostomum brachydontium
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