Orthodontium lineare Schwägr. – Prostoząb równowąski – Cape thread moss

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range increasing

Invasive alien species

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl

Earliest introduction/record

in 1991

Types of transport

• Unintentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

• Transport – no further details

Type of release into natural environment

• Transport- Contaminant or Stowaway

References

• Jan Ż., Stebel A., Damian C. 2020. The alien moss Orthodontium lineare Schwägr. in Poland (East-Central Europe): a summary of nearly 40 years of invasion Biological Invasions 22: 1249-1263. link

Life form: Moss

Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Bryales
Family: Bryaceae