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Archidium moss

Archidium

Archidium moss
Photo: Miquel Jover, CC BY-SA 4.0

Archidium is a genus of small mosses, the only genus in the family Archidiaceae. It is a wild moss rarely grown on purpose, so it is not normally cultivated as a garden plant.

Family
Archidiaceae (Archidi family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the moss lightly moist, as mosses in the wild are found on damp soil and banks.
Soil
Damp, bare soil or clay banks in the wild; not grown in potting mix.

About

Archidium is a genus of mosses; it is the only genus in the family Archidiaceae and order Archidiales. Historically, they were considered the only genus in the subclass Archidiidae Engl.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Archidium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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