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Bird's-Claw Beard-Moss

Barbula unguiculata

5,845 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 1,825, February 1,348, March 2,111, April 3,322, May 4,789, June 5,223, July 5,588, August 4,806, September 3,528, October 2,634, November 1,439, December 1,125.
United States40,018
Alaska37,738
Canada1,087
Ontario452
New York270
Quebec226
United Kingdom200
England195
Michigan169
Missouri159

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderPottiales
FamilyPottiaceae
GenusBarbula

Sources

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