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lesser bird's-claw beard-moss

Streblotrichum convolutum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) arthur_haendler, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,540, February 1,138, March 1,782, April 2,804, May 4,043, June 4,408, July 4,717, August 4,057, September 2,978, October 2,223, November 1,215, December 949.
United States31,931
Alaska31,855
United Kingdom68
England66
Canada56
Germany39
British Columbia19
California16
France15
Poland15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderPottiales
FamilyPottiaceae
GenusStreblotrichum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise lesser bird's-claw beard-moss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.