Hedwigia ciliata (White-tipped moss)

3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 14 cm)

5/7/2016 · Long Cove Cottages, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine

3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 4½ × 4½″ (11 × 12 cm)

3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 3 × 3½″ (8 × 9.2 cm)

4/3/2010 · Birch Point Beach State Park, Owl’s Head, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 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	Leucodontales	Also called hypnales, if that’s any help
Family	Hedwigiaceae
Genus	Hedwigia
Species	ciliata	Name given to indicate a slight fringing like an eyelash that might occur on petals, leaves, petioles or other plant parts