| Aulacomnium palustre | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Rhizogoniales |
| Family: | Aulacomniaceae |
| Genus: | Aulacomnium |
| Species: | A. palustre
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulacomnium palustre | |
Aulacomnium palustre, the bog groove-moss[1] or ribbed bog moss, is a moss that is nearly cosmopolitan in distribution. It occurs in North America, Hispaniola, Venezuela, Eurasia, and New Zealand. In North America, it occurs across southern arctic,[2] subboreal,[3] and boreal[4] regions from Alaska and British Columbia to Greenland and Quebec. Documentation of ribbed bog moss's distribution in the contiguous United States is probably incomplete. It is reported sporadically south to Washington, Wyoming, Georgia, and Virginia.
- ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
- ^ "Arctic" refers to treeless areas underlain with continuous permafrost; "subarctic" refers to mixed tundra and open forest underlain with discontinuous permafrost.
- ^ "Subboreal" refers to areas in southern Canada, the Great Lakes states, and the Northeast that were once underlain with permafrost that has since melted.
- ^ "boreal" refers to northern coniferous forests where permafrost occurs only sporadically.