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Waved Silk-moss

Plagiothecium undulatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 301, February 320, March 397, April 653, May 718, June 625, July 496, August 442, September 389, October 351, November 248, December 251.
United States37,964
Canada6,117
British Columbia6,116
Washington1,489
United Kingdom608
England440
Oregon390
Germany364
Alaska183
Poland157

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyPlagiotheciaceae
GenusPlagiothecium

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