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shingle moss

Neckera pennata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 468, February 346, March 542, April 852, May 1,229, June 1,340, July 1,434, August 1,233, September 905, October 676, November 369, December 289.
United States13,591
Alaska9,683
Canada4,451
Ontario1,756
Quebec1,039
Michigan750
New York647
Nova Scotia603
Russia386
Minnesota376

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyNeckeraceae
GenusNeckera

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