Maidenhair moss

Maidenhair moss
Maidenhair Moss
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Fissidentaceae
Genus: Fissidens
Species: F. adianthoides
Binomial name
Fissidens adianthoides
Hedw.

Maidenhair moss is a moss (Fissidens adianthoides Hedw.), 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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