Leptodontium gemmascens (Mitt. ex Hunt) Braithw.
(Thatch-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptodontium gemmascens (Thatch-moss)
GenusLeptodontium (beard and thatch 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Porley, R. 2008 Threatened bryophytes: Leptodontium gemmascens (thatch moss) FB Vol 96: 14-24.

Leptodontium gemmascens (Thatch-moss) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptodontium gemmascens (Thatch-moss)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptodontium gemmascens (Thatch-moss)
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