Pseudanomodon attenuatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Order: | Hypnales |
Family: | Anomodontaceae |
Genus: | Pseudanomodon |
Species: | P. attenuatus |
Binomial name | |
Pseudanomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Ignatov & Fedosov | |
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Pseudanomodon attenuatus (syn. Anomodon attenuatus), the tree-skirt moss, poodle moss, or anomodon moss, is a species of moss in the family Neckeraceae or Anomodontaceae, depending on authority. [1] It has a wide-ranging distribution and can be found from Canada to Central America, with a particularly heavy presence in the eastern United States, and the Caribbean as well as in Europe and Asia (India, eastern Russia, and Turkey). [2]
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Lycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family.
Triadenum, known as marsh St. John's worts, is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. The genus is characterized by opposite, blunt-tipped leaves and pink flowers with 9 stamens. They are distributed in North America and eastern Asia.
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Atrichum crispum is a species of moss. It is dioicous with males being the same size as females or larger.