Weissia multicapsularis

Weissia multicapsularis, the many-fruited beardless-moss, is an ephemeral moss. It is critically endangered.^{[citation needed]}

Weissia multicapsularis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Pottiales
Family:	Pottiaceae
Genus:	Weissia
Species:	W. multicapsularis
Binomial name
Weissia multicapsularis (Sm.) Mitt.

Distribution

It is found in France, Cornwall,^[2] Wales,^[3] and Turkey.^[4] It grows on damp and muddy non-calcareous soils. It is found on banks hedges, and tracksides.

Taxonomy

It was named by William Mitten, in Ann. Mag. Nat. History, ser. 2 8: 317 in 1851.^[5]