Leptodictyum riparium, commonly known as Kneiff's feathermoss, streamside leptodictyum moss,, stringy moss, , or knapwort, is a species of moss of cosmopolitan distribution. The only places it is not found are the Pacific Islands and Australia. It is commonly found growing in the lakes and rivers of Minnesota and is also present in Mexico, Guatemala, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Streamside Leptodictyum 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
- Hygroamblystegium varium
- Hygroamblystegium tenax
- Sciuro-hypnum plumosum
- Amblystegium serpens
- Oxyrrhynchium hians
- Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Amblystegiaceae
- Genus
- Leptodictyum
- Species
- Leptodictyum riparium
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