Mountain pincushion

(Dicranoweisia crispula)

Description

Dicranoweisia crispula, the mountain pincushion, is a species of mosses that lives at both poles. It grows in the South Shetland Islands and on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Bryophyta

Class: Bryopsida

Order:Dicranales

Family:Dicranaceae

Genus:Dicranoweisia

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