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Wood Bristle-moss

Lewinskya affinis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,623, February 1,199, March 1,878, April 2,954, May 4,260, June 4,645, July 4,970, August 4,274, September 3,138, October 2,342, November 1,280, December 1,000.
United States33,646
Alaska33,563
United Kingdom572
England562
Germany118
Berlin41
Idaho26
Washington25
Poland23
Netherlands17

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderOrthotrichales
FamilyOrthotrichaceae
GenusLewinskya

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