Dicranum scoparium (Windswept moss)

Dicranum scoparium Hedw.

Windswept moss, broom forkmoss, dicranum moss

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5/9/2016 · Wonder Brook Park, Kennebunk Lan, Kennebunk, Maine ID is uncertain

5/2/2023 · Brunswick Town Commons, Brunswick, Maine

9/14/2023 · Nature Conservancy Access Trail, Sprague Pond, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

5/5/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire ID is uncertain

9/28/2013 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm)

4/18/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 7 × 5″ (18 × 12 cm)

10/17/2016 · Ice Glen, Stockbridge, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 5″ (12 × 13 cm)

5/12/2021 · Weber-Kelly Preserve, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 14 cm)

9/28/2013 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm)

4/21/2013 · Crow Hill Trail, Leominster State Forest, Leominster, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

8/24/2013 · Cranberry Meadow Pond Trail, Monadnock Conservancy, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm) ID is uncertain

3/19/2024 · Whippoorwill Woods, East Freeport, Maine

4/21/2013 · Crow Hill Ledges Trail, Crocker Pond, Labyrinth, Leominster State Forest, Leominster, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

5/5/2023 · Morse Mountain, Phippsburg, Maine

2/19/2012 · Wildlife Pond Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain

6/17/2026 · Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary, West Bath, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.5 cm)

4/10/2021 · Stream Loop Trail, Big Falls Preserve, New Gloucester, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

2/19/2012 · Wildlife Pond Trail, Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) ID is uncertain

10/10/2021 · 88 Wilderness Lane, Norway, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.5 cm)

5/5/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire ID is uncertain

4/27/2016 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts

3/18/2025 · Berry Woods Preserve, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 9 × 9″ (23 × 22 cm)

6/17/2026 · Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary, West Bath, Maine · ≈ 6 × 3½″ (14 × 9.6 cm)

4/8/2023 · Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary, West Bath, Maine

9/17/2016 · Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine ID is uncertain

10/28/2017 · Temple Mountain, Sharon, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

4/16/2016 · Jason’s Cutoff/Nichols Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain

9/14/2023 · Nature Conservancy Access Trail, Sprague Pond, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

8/29/2015 · Mount Grace, Athol, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 5″ (13 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain

4/8/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

5/7/2014 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain

4/8/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

5/7/2014 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain

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	Dicranaceae	From Greek dicranon, ”pitchfork,“ alluding to peristome teeth
Genus	Dicranum	From Greek dicranon, ”pitchfork,“ alluding to peristome teeth
Species	scoparium	Broom-like, alluding to the plant structure

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Dicranum scoparium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.