Broadnerved humpmoss

Meesia uliginosa, the broad-nerved hump-moss, is a rare moss of the Western U.S. It occurs all around the Northern Hemisphere in higher latitudes, and in some places is not as rare as in the Western U.S.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Broadnerved humpmoss 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

• Ditrichum heteromallum
• Splachnum sphaericum
• Catoscopium nigritum
• Leptobryum pyriforme
• Calcidicranella varia
• Trematodon ambiguus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Splachnales

Family

Meesiaceae

Genus

Meesia

Species

Meesia uliginosa

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