Brachytheciaceae
Brachythecium albicans
Brachythecium albicans
Indoor Plants · Moss · Feather Moss · Terrarium · Ground Cover · Bryophyte · Brachytheciaceae · Sandy Habitat · Naturalistic · Non-Vascular · Shade
Brachythecium albicans, commonly known as whitish feather-moss, is a spreading, pale-green moss found naturally on dry sandy soils, dunes, and open grasslands. Despite its affinity for drier habitats than many mosses, it still benefits from regular misting to prevent desiccation when grown indoors or in terrariums. It works beautifully as a living carpet in naturalistic displays and requires minimal intervention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 2 hours
- Watering
- Keep substrate lightly moist; mist regularly and avoid allowing the moss to fully dry out · Every 4-6 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 3 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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