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Handsome Woollywort

Trichocolea tomentella

2,107 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 376, February 278, March 435, April 684, May 986, June 1,076, July 1,151, August 990, September 727, October 542, November 296, December 232.
United States10,584
Alaska7,772
Canada1,357
New York580
Ontario573
Quebec370
North Carolina284
Tennessee244
Michigan191
Nova Scotia181

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumliverworts · Marchantiophyta
Classleafy and simple thalloid liverworts · Jungermanniopsida
OrderJungermanniales
FamilyTrichocoleaceae
GenusTrichocolea

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