Tayloria acuminata

Tayloria acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Splachnales
Family: Splachnaceae
Genus: Tayloria
Species:
T. acuminata
Binomial name
Tayloria acuminata
Synonyms

Georgia cuspidata Kindb.
Hookeria acuminata Schleich
Tayloria splachnoides var. acuminata (Hornsch.) Hüb., Deutschl. Laubm.

Tayloria acuminata, commonly known as acuminate dung moss and acuminate trumpet moss, is a bright-green dung moss species with violet radicles that age to a dark red. It is native to North America and Iceland, where it is found in bird cliffs in Hornstrandir. In Iceland it has the conservation status of a vulnerable species (VU).