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Urn Hair Moss

Pogonatum urnigerum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 681, February 503, March 787, April 1,239, May 1,786, June 1,948, July 2,084, August 1,792, September 1,316, October 982, November 537, December 420.
United States14,662
Alaska14,075
Canada1,365
British Columbia624
Quebec232
Washington178
United Kingdom143
Russia107
Austria97
Ontario92

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
Classaloe-mosses · Polytrichopsida
Orderaloe-mosses · Polytrichales
FamilyHaircap Moss Family · Polytrichaceae
GenusPogonatum

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