Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.
Fire moss, purple horn-toothed moss, ceratodon moss
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4/20/2017 · Townsend Wildlife Management Area, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm) 
4/3/2011 · Susan & Raimond’s, Phoenix, Maryland · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
5/7/2016 · Long Cove Cottages, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine 
4/3/2011 · Susan & Raimond’s, Phoenix, Maryland · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (9.8 × 6.6 cm) ID is uncertain 
5/7/2016 · Long Cove Cottages, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine 
4/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
4/24/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Bryophyta | Mosses |
| Subdivision | Musci | Mosses (all 12,000 of them) |
| Class | Bryopsida | Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them |
| Subclass | Bryidae | Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments |
| Order | Dicranales | An order of haplolepideous mosses, having only one circle of teeth from a column of cells |
| Family | Ditrichaceae | |
| Genus | Ceratodon | |
| Species | purpureus | Purple |
Ceratodon purpureus description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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