Anomodon attenuatus (Tree-skirt moss)

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Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Hüb.

Tree-skirt moss, poodle moss, anomodon moss

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Division	Bryophyta	Mosses
Subdivision	Musci	Mosses (all 12,000 of them)
Class	Bryopsida	Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them
Subclass	Bryidae	Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments
Order	Leucodontales	Also called hypnales, if that’s any help
Family	Anomodontaceae	Anomodon, haplohymenium, and herpetineuron mosses
Genus	Anomodon	Means “irregular teeth”
Species	attenuatus	Means “weakened, reduced, narrowed to a point”

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4/26/2023 · Cathance River Trails, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine

4/29/2015 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 6 × 3½" (14 × 9.6 cm)

4/26/2023 · Cathance River Trails, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine

Anomodon attenuatus description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 11 Jul 2023.

6/2/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 10 × 7" (25 × 16 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 21 × 14" (52 × 34 cm)

6/2/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 1¼ × 1½" (3.4 × 3.8 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

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