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Rock Pocket-moss

Fissidens dubius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 625, February 462, March 723, April 1,138, May 1,640, June 1,789, July 1,914, August 1,646, September 1,208, October 902, November 493, December 385.
United States14,977
Alaska12,924
Canada712
Ontario371
New York249
Quebec201
North Carolina194
Missouri130
Tennessee126
Vermont120

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderDicranales
FamilyFissidentaceae
Genuspocket mosses · Fissidens

Sources

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