Neckera pennata Hedw. is a plant in the Neckeraceae family, order Hypnales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Neckera pennata Hedw.
Neckera pennata is a cosmopolitan moss that indicates old northeastern North American hardwood forests.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Neckera pennata Hedw., commonly known as feather flat moss, is a moss species classified in the family Neckeraceae. This species has a cosmopolitan distribution. It can act as an indicator of late successional and old-growth hardwood forests, because it typically grows on sugar maples that are at least 120 years old in the Northeast.
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Exsertotheca crispa (Hedw.) S.Olsson, Enroth & D.Quandt
Pseudanomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Ignatov & Fedosov
Alleniella complanata (Hedw.) S.Olsson, Enroth & D.Quandt
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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