Pohlia scotica

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| name = Scottish threadmoss

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| genus = Pohlia

| species = scotica

| authority = Crundw.[http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/sbl_detail.php?id=39&type=2&navID=93&pageref=sbl_detail&tvk=NBNSYS0000036556 "The Scottish Biodiversity List - Species & Habitat Detail"] BiodiversityScotland. Retrieved 14 May 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021143650/http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/sbl_detail.php?id=39&type=2&navID=93&pageref=sbl_detail&tvk=NBNSYS0000036556 |date=October 21, 2007 }}[http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Pohlia_Genus.asp#Taxonomy "Pohlia (Genus): Taxonomy"] ZipcodeZoo.com Retrieved 14 May 2008.

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Pohlia scotica, commonly known as Scottish threadmoss,{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Sean R.|date=2012|title=English Names for British Bryophytes|location=Wootton, Northampton|publisher=British Bryological Society|isbn=978-0-9561310-2-7|issn=0268-8034|series=British Bryological Society Special Volume|volume=5|edition=4}} is a moss endemic to Scotland.[http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/naturallyscottish/mossesliverworts/InScotland.asp "Mosses and Liverworts in Scotland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423093939/http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/naturallyscottish/mossesliverworts/InScotland.asp |date=2008-04-23 }} SNH. Retrieved 14 May 2008. The earliest records date to 1964 and this moss was recognised as a distinct species in 1982. The largest populations are in Argyll with smaller populations in Dunbartonshire and Easter Ross. Its favoured habitat is silt, sand and gravel subject to regular inundation. The species has been provisionally classified as Lower Risk (Near threatened) and receives protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=524 "Species Action Plan: Scottish Pohlia (Pohlia scotica)"] UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Retrieved 14 May 2008.