About Leucobryum albidum (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Lindb.
Leucobryum albidum, commonly known as pincushion moss, is a moss species with a broad distribution across both the northern and southern hemispheres. It was first described in scientific literature in 1805 under the name Dicranum albidum, published by French naturalist Palisot de Beauvois. Pincushion moss is native to and prolific throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States, where it has been recorded in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Elsewhere in North America, this species occurs less commonly in Ontario, Canada. It is most common in regions southeast of the United States, including Tamaulipas (Mexico), the West Indies, Bermuda, and Central America. It is also widespread across the region stretching from Europe into Asia.
