Plants › Octoblepharaceae
white octoblepharum moss
Octoblepharum albidum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
white mossLeucobryum albidum
Pincushion MossLeucobryum glaucum
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Star MossSyntrichia ruralis
shingle mossNeckera pennata
lesser smoothcapAtrichum angustatum
Broom ForkmossDicranum scoparium
American Tree MossClimacium americanum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,579 |
|---|---|
| China | 116 |
| Taiwan | 63 |
| Taiwan Province | 62 |
| Hawaii | 60 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 29 |
| Brazil | 25 |
| Nantou County | 24 |
| Australia | 22 |
| Guangzhou Province | 20 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Moss growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the moss plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mosses · Bryophyta |
| Class | Joint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida |
| Order | Dicranales |
| Family | Octoblepharaceae |
| Genus | octoblepharum mosses · Octoblepharum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise white octoblepharum moss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.