Fontinalaceae
Dichelyma uncinatum
Dichelyma uncinatum
Flowering Plants · Moss · Aquatic · Fontinalaceae · Wetland · Stream · Bog · Specialist · Rare · Bryophyte · Restoration
Dichelyma uncinatum is an aquatic or semi-aquatic moss in the family Fontinalaceae, typically found anchored to submerged rocks or wood in cool, clean streams and wetlands. It requires constantly wet to submerged conditions and cool, well-oxygenated water, making it suitable only for naturalistic bog gardens, cold-water aquaria, or stream restoration projects. This is a highly specialist species rarely found in cultivation and not appropriate as a standard houseplant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep the moss fully hydrated at all times, ideally submerged or in contact with flowing or standing freshwater · Continuously moist; do not allow to dry out
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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