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Common Feather-moss

Kindbergia praelonga

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 6,149, February 4,542, March 7,116, April 11,195, May 16,141, June 17,601, July 18,834, August 16,197, September 11,892, October 8,876, November 4,850, December 3,791.
United States128,767
Alaska127,186
British Columbia2,675
United Kingdom1,682
England1,605
Canada918
California733
Germany377
Washington360
France281

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyBrachytheciaceae
GenusKindbergia

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