Species
Polytrichum piliferum (Bristly haircap moss)
Polytrichum piliferum. Photo: (c) Adam Storey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Polytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution. (Less common vernacular names include bird wheat and pigeon wheat.)
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Bryophyta (Mosses)
- Class: Polytrichopsida
- Order: Polytrichales
- Family: Polytrichaceae (Haircap moss family)
- Genus: Polytrichum (Haircap mosses)
- Species: Polytrichum piliferum (Bristly haircap moss)
- Genus: Polytrichum (Haircap mosses)
- Family: Polytrichaceae (Haircap moss family)
- Order: Polytrichales
- Class: Polytrichopsida
- Phylum: Bryophyta (Mosses)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Sightings
