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Water Moss

Mosses and Liverworts

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Water moss is a common name for Fontinalis, a genus of submerged aquatic mosses in the subclass Bryidae also called willow moss, fountain moss or brook moss. The genus is widespread across the Northern Hemisphere and includes species that occur both in still water and in flowing water.

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