Rhizomnium appalachianum is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae native to the Eastern United States and Canada, from Manitoba to Newfoundland and south to South Carolina. It grows 4-8cm tall, and has relatively large leaves for a moss which are typically 6.5mm wide and 10mm long. The stems are covered in reddish hairs. It grows in wet areas such as along streams and in seeps and especially the edges where there is a transition from wet to dry.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Appalachian penny 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
- Rhizomnium magnifolium
- Rhizomnium nudum
- Rhizomnium punctatum
- Pseudobryum cinclidioides
- Rhizomnium glabrescens
- Cinclidium stygium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Bryales
- Family
- Mniaceae
- Genus
- Rhizomnium
- Species
- Rhizomnium appalachianum
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