Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alpine Water-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
- Fontinalis neomexicana
- Fontinalis novae-angliae
- Fontinalis antipyretica
- Fontinalis hypnoides
- Fissidens grandifrons
- Fissidens fontanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Hypnales
- Family
- Fontinalaceae
- Genus
- Fontinalis
- Species
- Fontinalis squamosa
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