English name: Drummond’s pincushion
An acrocarpous moss that forms reddish-green or yellowish green tufts, often with creeping marginal shoots. Then dry, the often reddish oblong or club-shaped capsules are deeply furrowed. The outer peristome teeth are distinctively white.
Capsules mature in summer and autumn.
In Scotland, Ulota drummondii has an upland distribution where it is found on the trunks and branches of a variety of trees and shrubs, including sallow and rowan, alder, birch, hazel and juniper in wooded ravines, open woodland and river valleys. BBS distribution map
Look out for Orthotrichum stramineum and Orthotrichum striatum nearby.
Confusion species: other Orthotrichum and Ulota species, including Orthotrichum affine, Orthotrichum pulchellum and Ulota crispa
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