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Philonotis calcarea
Philonotis calcarea is a small aquatic or wet-ground moss, native to Europe and North America. It grows best kept constantly moist, in cool, damp, shaded or lightly lit spots, often on wet rock or soil near streams.
Philonotis calcarea (vernacular name: thick-nerved apple-moss) is a species of moss belonging to the family Bartramiaceae.
It is native to Europe and Northern America.
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