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Flexitrichum flexicaule
Flexible Cow-hair Moss
As recorded: Ditrichum flexicaule var. densum (Bruch & Schimp.) Braithw.
Plantae › Bryophyta › Bryopsida › Scouleriales › Flexitrichaceae
- Collected by
- Crum, H.; Schofield, W.B.H.A. Crum III →W.B. Schofield →
- Collector number
- 4115
- Date
- July 3, 1955
- Locality
- in beauty creek, about 11 miles north of Columbia Ice Fields, Jasper National Park
- Region
- Alberta, Canada
- Elevation
- 1,562 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Flexitrichum flexicaule observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1955. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 144 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-14.

2026-09-14
Stronie Śląskie, Poland
(c) Helen Waterman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-13
Prior Rakes, Malham, North Yorkshire, UK
no rights reserved

2026-08-30
Innsbruck Land, AT-TR, AT
(c) Dominik Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-04
Mustjala, Saare, Estonia
(c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-05-20
Eching, 85386 Eching, Deutschland
(c) Tozzia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-09
67190 Dinsheim-sur-Bruche, France
(c) Eric Weissgerber, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Flexitrichum flexicaule. BISH 466552. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956411080. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/466552.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956411080 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
