page_title: Fissidens adianthoides
hierarchical_section_title: Fissidens adianthoides
caption_attribution_description: English: Image shows where one may find Fissidens adianthoides in North America.
context_page_description: Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss, is a moss in the family of Fissidentaceaea. It was first collected by Hedwig in 1801.
  It is found all over North America and even in Greenland and Alaska.
  The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds. It was named by the Anglo-Saxons because it resembles pubic hair.
context_section_description: Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss, is a moss in the family of Fissidentaceaea. It was first collected by Hedwig in 1801.
  It is found all over North America and even in Greenland and Alaska.
  The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds. It was named by the Anglo-Saxons because it resembles pubic hair.
caption: The map shows where Fissidens adianthoides is found in North America.[1]