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Dusky Fork-moss

Dicranum fuscescens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 634, February 468, March 733, April 1,154, May 1,664, June 1,814, July 1,941, August 1,669, September 1,226, October 915, November 500, December 391.
United States16,345
Alaska13,109
Canada5,903
British Columbia1,810
Washington1,145
Quebec947
Ontario710
Newfoundland and Labrador600
Oregon549
Nunavut478

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderDicranales
FamilyDicranaceae
GenusForkmosses · Dicranum

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