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Capillary Thread-moss

Ptychostomum capillare

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 193, February 143, March 224, April 352, May 508, June 554, July 592, August 509, September 374, October 279, November 153, December 119.
United States4,139
Alaska4,000
United Kingdom1,235
England1,159
Germany267
France265
British Columbia253
Canada246
Netherlands127
Île-de-France95

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderBryales
FamilyBryaceae
GenusPtychostomum

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