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Fissidens adianthoides
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Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss,[2] is a moss in the family Fissidentaceae. It was first collected by Hedwig in 1801.[3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Dicranales |
Family: | Fissidentaceae |
Genus: | Fissidens |
Species: | F. adianthoides |
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It is found all over North America and even in Greenland and Alaska.
The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds. It was named by the Anglo-Saxons because it resembles pubic hair.[4]