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mountain firmoss
Huperzia appressa
28 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
Appalachian clubmossHuperzia appalachiana
northern firmossHuperzia selago
Arctic firmossHuperzia arctica
shining firmossHuperzia lucidula
Alpine firmossHuperzia continentalis
interrupted clubmossSpinulum annotinum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,247 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 3,859 |
| Canada | 590 |
| New Hampshire | 335 |
| Ontario | 202 |
| Quebec | 160 |
| Nunavut | 138 |
| Minnesota | 83 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 53 |
| North Carolina | 51 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Lycophytes · Lycopodiopsida |
| Order | clubmosses and firmosses · Lycopodiales |
| Family | Clubmosses and Firmosses · Lycopodiaceae |
| Genus | temperate firmosses · Huperzia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise mountain firmoss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.