Hypnum circinale Hook.
Coiled-leaf moss, hypnum moss
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3/19/2024 · Whippoorwill Woods, East Freeport, Maine 
3/19/2024 · Whippoorwill Woods, East Freeport, Maine 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Bryophyta | Mosses |
| Subdivision | Musci | Mosses (all 12,000 of them) |
| Class | Bryopsida | Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them |
| Subclass | Bryidae | Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments |
| Order | Hypnales | An order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses |
| Family | Hypnaceae | From New Latin Hypnum, the type genus, and -aceae |
| Genus | Hypnum | From Greek hypnos, ”sleep,“ alluding to ancient use as filler for cushions |
| Species | circinale | From Latin circinus, ”to make round or circular“—for the coiled leaves |
Hypnum circinale description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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