Fissidens adianthoides

Fissidens adianthoides

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.

References

↑ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.

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