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pipe-cleaner moss

Ptychomnion aciculare

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 153, February 121, March 110, April 171, May 92, June 67, July 74, August 91, September 128, October 139, November 151, December 132.
New Zealand1,429
Australia1,120
Victoria718
Tasmania365
Auckland Region236
Wellington Region222
Canterbury Region132
Northland Region130
Waikato Region127
West Coast Region103

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderIsobryales
FamilyPtychomniaceae
GenusPtychomnion

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise pipe-cleaner moss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.