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Bartramiopsis lescurii
Also called False apple moss
A small tufted moss of the Polytrichaceae family that grows on damp, shaded soil banks, rotting roots and stream terraces in cool northern forests. It is a wild species rarely grown by gardeners, so the key is to keep it cool, shaded and humid.
Bartramiopsis lescurii, also known as false apple moss, is found in North America from Washington to Alaska, in East Russia, and Japan. This moss is in the Polytrichaceae family, however unlike most mosses in this family, Bartramiopsis lescurii does not have peristome teeth.
Bartramiopsis lescurri's range in North America stretches from Alaska to Washington state; this includes British Columbia. It is also found in the extreme east of Russia and in Japan.
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