Polytrichastrum ohioense (Renauld & Cardot) G.L. Sm.
Polytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot
Oak haircap moss, Ohio polytrichum moss
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This might be Polytrichum pallidesetum. · 4/21/2013 · Crow Hill Trail, Leominster State Forest, Leominster, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| 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 | Polytrichales | A group of mosses which tend to be among the larger ones, with a thickened central stem and root |
| Family | Polytrichaceae | A group of mosses which tend to be among the larger ones, with a thickened central stem and root |
| Genus | Polytrichum | From Greek poly, “many,” trichum, “hair” |
| Species | ohioense |
Polytrichum ohioense description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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