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Cupped Water Moss

Fontinalis dalecarlica

86 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 121, February 89, March 140, April 220, May 317, June 346, July 370, August 318, September 234, October 174, November 95, December 74.
United States3,994
Alaska2,499
Canada641
New York360
Quebec258
Pennsylvania175
Ontario155
North Carolina148
Tennessee121
Maine108

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyFontinalaceae
GenusWillowmosses · Fontinalis

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