Glittering Wood Moss

Hylocomium splendens is a perennial clonal moss in the family Hylocomiaceae, known as Glittering Wood Moss. It is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in boreal forests of Europe, Russia, Alaska, and Canada. It also occurs in the Arctic tundra and at higher elevations in regions such as northern California, western Sichuan, East Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the West Indies. In Scotland, it is a characteristic species of the Caledonian Forest and is a key component of the Pinus sylvestris-Hylocomium splendens woodland under the UK's national vegetation classification system.