Summary description from Wikipedia:

Polytrichum piliferum in languages:

Bokmål

rabbebjørnemose

Chinese

毛尖金髮蘚

Czech

ploník chluponosný

Danish

Hårspidset jomfruhår

Dutch

Ruig haarmos

English

bristly haircap moss

Estonian

liiv-karusammal

Finnish

karvakarhunsammal

French

polytric porte-poil

German

Glashaar-Widertonmoos

Japanese

ハリスギゴケ

Lithuanian

Žilsvasis gegužlinis

Polish

Płonnik włosisty

Russian

Политрихум волосоносный

Slovak

ploník chĺpkatý

Swedish

hårbjörnmossa

Ukrainian

Рунянка волосконосна

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Parent Taxon

• Polytrichum

Sibling Taxa

• Polytrichum commune
• Polytrichum densifolium
• Polytrichum ericoides
• Polytrichum formosum
• Polytrichum hyperboreum
• Polytrichum jensenii
• Polytrichum juniperellum
• Polytrichum juniperinum
• Polytrichum longisetum
• Polytrichum maoriae
• Polytrichum pallidisetum
• Polytrichum perigoniale
• Polytrichum piliferum
• Polytrichum sphaerothecium
• Polytrichum sprucei
• Polytrichum strictum
• Polytrichum subpilosum
• Polytrichum swartzii

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