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Flotow's Ruffwort

Moerckia flotoviana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 69, February 51, March 79, April 125, May 180, June 196, July 210, August 180, September 132, October 99, November 54, December 42.
United States1,505
Alaska1,417
Canada240
Quebec76
Ontario56
Nunavut38
New York26
British Columbia21
Newfoundland and Labrador20
Vermont14

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumliverworts · Marchantiophyta
Classleafy and simple thalloid liverworts · Jungermanniopsida
OrderPallaviciniales
FamilyMoerckiaceae
GenusMoerckia

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