Pseudanomodon attenuatus (syn. Anomodon attenuatus), the tree-skirt moss, poodle moss, or anomodon moss, is a species of moss in the family Neckeraceae or Anomodontaceae, depending on authority. It has a wide-ranging distribution and can be found from Canada to Central America, with a particularly heavy presence in the eastern United States, and the Caribbean as well as in Europe (Commonly found in the Yorkshire Dales in the UK) and Asia (India, eastern Russia, and Turkey).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tree-skirt moss being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Anomodon longifolius
- Anomodon tristis
- Anomodon minor
- Scorpiurium circinatum
- Anomodon rugelii
- Claopodium rostratum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Neckeraceae
- Genus
- Pseudanomodon
- Species
- Pseudanomodon attenuatus
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