Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved plaitmoss)

Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw.

Cypress-leaved plaitmoss, hypnum moss

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5/10/2021 · Gamble and Kennebec Trails, Berry Woods Preserve, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

4/18/2021 · Tarbox Preserve, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

5/7/2014 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

9/19/2023 · Denny Reed Trail, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

9/4/2020 · Wilson’s Cove Trail, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

4/4/2011 · Oregon Ridge State Park, Timonium, Maryland · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)

5/7/2014 · Blue Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

9/4/2020 · Wilson’s Cove Trail, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm)

8/17/2020 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

4/6/2021 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 7 × 5″ (16 × 12 cm)

5/10/2021 · Gamble and Kennebec Trails, Berry Woods Preserve, Georgetown, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)

4/6/2021 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 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	Hypnales	An order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses
Family	Hypnaceae	From New Latin Hypnum, the type genus, and -aceae
Genus	Hypnum	From Greek hypnos, ”sleep,“ alluding to ancient use as filler for cushions
Species	cupressiforme

Hypnum cupressiforme description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.