Broom Moss Plant

English name: Broom Moss

Sub Title:  Plant

broom moss, (Dicranum scoparium), the most common species of the wind-blown moss genus Dicranum. This species occurs from Alaska to California and also in the southeastern United States, as well as in Mexico, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Dicranum is in the family Dicranaceae in the subclass Bryidae, division Bryophyta.