Fissidens adianthoides
Fissidens adianthoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Dicranales |
Family: | Fissidentaceae |
Genus: | Fissidens |
Species: | F. adianthoides |
Binomial name | |
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | |
Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss,[1] is a moss in the family Fissidentaceae and class Bryopsida.
The Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds. It was so named by Anglo-Saxons because of its resemblance to pubic hair.
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