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Silky Wall Feather-moss

Homalothecium sericeum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,192, February 2,358, March 3,694, April 5,812, May 8,380, June 9,137, July 9,778, August 8,409, September 6,173, October 4,608, November 2,518, December 1,968.
United States66,039
Alaska66,027
United Kingdom826
England715
France272
Germany221
Spain183
Canada79
Sweden78
Bayern74

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

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

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