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Pointed Spear-moss

Calliergonella cuspidata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,570, February 4,853, March 7,603, April 11,962, May 17,247, June 18,806, July 20,124, August 17,307, September 12,706, October 9,484, November 5,183, December 4,051.
United States136,745
Alaska135,895
United Kingdom806
Canada795
England735
Germany435
British Columbia354
Ontario179
Poland174
France173

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyPylaisiaceae
GenusCalliergonella

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