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Yellow Feather-moss

Homalothecium lutescens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 676, February 499, March 782, April 1,231, May 1,775, June 1,935, July 2,071, August 1,781, September 1,308, October 976, November 533, December 417.
United States14,100
Alaska13,985
United Kingdom87
Germany84
England81
Washington76
France76
Austria38
Bayern34
Spain30

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyBrachytheciaceae
Genushomalothecium mosses · Homalothecium

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