Barbula unguiculata Hedw.
(Bird’s-claw Beard-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBarbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss)
GenusBarbula (a genus of beard-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Barbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss) :
1: Barbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss)
1 Mar 1975 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on roadside bank
Image 1: Capsules - highly enlargedImage 2: Gametophytes and sporophytes - enlargedImage 3: Leaf cells - lower part of leaf - magnifiedImage 4: Leaf cells - upper part of leaf - magnifiedImage 5: Leaf - magnified
2: Barbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss)
1 Mar 1975 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on ground in beech wood
Image 1: Gametophyte - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Gametophyte - close-up - enlarged (2)

Barbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Barbula unguiculata (Bird’s-claw Beard-moss)
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