List of Moss Species Occurring in New England*

from Bryophyte Flora of North America (vols 27 & 28)**


- AMBLYSTEGIACEAE

Amblystegium serpens (Hedwig) Schimper

Anacamptodon splachnoides (Froelich ex Bridel) Bridel

Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedwig) Loeske

Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Bridel) Kanda

Campylium protensum (Bridel) Kindberg

Campylium stellatum (Hedwig) C.E.O.Jensen

Campylophyllum halleri (Hedwig) M.Fleischer

Campylophyllum hispidulum (Bridel) Hedenäs

Campylophyllum sommerfeltii (Myrin) Hedenäs

Conardia compacta (Hooker) H.Robinson

Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedwig) Spruce

Drepanocladus aduncus (Hedwig) Warnstorf

Drepanocladus longifolius (Wilson ex Mitten) Brotherus ex Paris

Drepanocladus polygamus (Schimper) Hedenäs

Drepanocladus sordidus (Müller Hal) Hedenäs

Hygroamblystegium varium var humile (P.Beauvois) Vanderpoorten & Hedenäs

Hygroamblystegium varium (Hedwig) Mönkemeyer var varium

Hygrohypnum bestii (Renauld & Bryhn) Holzinger

Hygrohypnum closteri (Austin) Grout

Hygrohypnum duriusculum (De Notaris) D.W.Jamieson

Hygrohypnum eugyrium (Schimper) Loeske

Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedwig) Jennings

Hygrohypnum montanum (Lindberg) Brotherus

Hygrohypnum ochraceum (Turner ex Wilson) Loeske

Hygrohypnum smithii (Swartz) Brotherus

Hygrohypnum subeugyrium (Renauld & Cardot) Brotherus

Leptodictyum riparium (Hedwig) Warnstorf

Palustriella falcata (Bridel) Hedenäs

Platydictya confervoides (Bridel) H.A.Crum

Platydictya jungermannioides (Bridel) H.A.Crum

Platydictya minutissima (Sullivant & Lesquereux) H.A.Crum

Platydictya subtilis (Hedwig) H.A.Crum

Platylomella lescurii (Sullivant) A.L.Andrews

Pseudocalliergon trifarium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Loeske

Pseudocalliergon turgescens (T.Jensen) Loeske

Pseudocampylium radicale (P.Beauvois) Vanderpoorten & Hedenäs

Sanionia orthothecioides (Lindberg) Loeske

Sanionia uncinata (Hedwig) Loeske

Tomentypnum falcifolium (Renauld ex Nichols) Tuomikoski

Tomentypnum nitens (Hedwig) Loeske

- ANDREAEACEAE

Andreaea rothii F.Weber & D.Mohr

Andreaea rupestris Hedwig

- ANOMODONTACEAE

Anomodon attenuatus (Hedwig) Huebener

Anomodon minor (Hedwig) Lindberg

Anomodon rostratus (Hedwig) Schimper

Anomodon rugelii (Müller Hal.) Keissler

Anomodon tristis (Cesati) Sullivant & Lesquereux

Anomodon viticulosus (Hedwig) Hooker & Taylor

- ARCHIDIACEAE

Archidium ohioense Müller Hal

- AULACOMNIACEAE

Arrhenopterum heterostichum Hedwig

Aulacomnium androgynum (Hedwig) Schwägrichen

Aulacomnium palustre (Hedwig) Schwägrichen

Aulacomnium turgidum (Wahlenberg) Schwägrichen

- BARTRAMIACEAE

Bartramia ithyphylla Bridel

Bartramia pomiformis Hedwig

Conostomum tetragonum (Hedwig) Lindberg

Philonotis fontana var americana (Dismier) Flowers ex H.A.Crum

Philonotis fontana (Hedwig) Bridel var fontana

Philonotis fontana var pumila (Turner) Bridel

Philonotis marchica (Hedwig) Bridel

Philonotis yezoana Bescherelle & Cardot

Plagiopus oederianus (Swartz) H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson

- BRACHYTHECIACEAE

Brachytheciastrum velutinum (Hedwig) Ignatov & Huttunen var velutinum

Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedwig) Austin

Brachythecium acutum (Mitten) Sullivant

Brachythecium albicans (Hedwig) Schimper

Brachythecium campestre (Müller Hal) Schimper

Brachythecium erythrorrhizon Schimper var erythrorrhizon

Brachythecium laetum (Bridel) Schimper

Brachythecium rivulare Schimper

Brachythecium rotaeanum De Notaris

Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedwig) Schimper

Brachythecium salebrosum (Hoffmann ex F.Weber & D.Mohr) Schimper

Bryhnia graminicolor (Bridel) Grout

Bryhnia novae-angliae (Sullivant & Lesquereux) Grout

Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedwig) H.Robinson

Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hedwig) Grout

Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum (Hedwig) Ignatov & Huttunen var pulchellum

Homalotheciella subcapillata (Hedwig) Brotherus

Oxyrrhynchium hians (Hedwig) Loeske

Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedwig) M.Fleischer ex Brotherus

Rhynchostegium aquaticum A.Jaeger

Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedwig) A.Jaeger

Sciuro-hypnum curtum (Lindberg) Ignatov

Sciuro-hypnum plumosum (Hedwig) Ignatov & Huttunen

Sciuro-hypnum populeum (Hedwig) Ignatov & Huttunen

Sciuro-hypnum reflexum (Starke) Ignatov & Huttunen

Sciuro-hypnum starkei (Bridel) Ignatov & Huttunen

- BRUCHIACEAE

Bruchia flexuosa (Schwägrichen) Müller Hal

Bruchia vogesiaca Schwägrichen

Trematodon ambiguus (Hedwig) Hornschuch

Trematodon longicollis Micheaux [BRUC]

- BRYACEAE

Anomobryum concinnatum (Spruce) Lindberg

Anomobryum julaceum (Schrader ex P.Gaertner, B.Meyer & Scherbius) Schimper

Bryum argenteum Hedwig var argenteum

Bryum argenteum var majus Schwägrichen

Bryum blindii Bruch & Schimper

Bryum lanatum (P.Beauvois) Bridel

Bryum veronense De Notaris

Gemmabryum caespiticium (Hedwig) J.R.Spence

Gemmabryum dichotomum (Hedwig) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

Gemmabryum klinggraeffii (Schimper) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

Gemmabryum subapiculatum (Hampe) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

Gemmabryum tenuisetum (Limpricht) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

Gemmabryum violaceum (Crundwell & Nyholm) J.R.Spence

Imbribryum alpinum (Hudson ex Withering) N.Pedersen

Imbribryum gemmiparum (De Notaris) J.R.Spence

Imbribryum mildeanum (Juratzka) J.R.Spence

Imbribryum muehlenbeckii (Bruch & Schimper) N.Pedersen

Plagiobryum zieri (Dickson ex Hedwig) Lindberg

Ptychostomum bimum (Schreber) J.R.Spence

Ptychostomum creberrimum (Taylor) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay

Ptychostomum inclinatum (Swartz ex Bridel) J.R.Spence

Ptychostomum lonchocaulon (Müller Hal) J.R.Spence

Ptychostomum pallens (Swartz) J.R.Spence

Ptychostomum pallescens (Schleicher ex Schwägrichen) J.R.Spence

Ptychostomum pendulum Hornschuch

Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum (Hedwig) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay ex Holyoak & N.Pedersen

Ptychostomum weigelii (Sprengel) J.R.Spence

Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindberg) Kindberg

Rosulabryum capillare (Hedwig) J.R.Spence

Rosulabryum elegans (Nees) Ochyra

Rosulabryum laevifilum (Syed) Ochyra

- BUXBAUMIACEAE

Buxbaumia aphylla Hedwig

Buxbaumia minakatae S.Okamura

- CALLIERGONACEAE

Calliergon cordifolium (Hedwig) Kindberg

Calliergon giganteum (Schimper) Kindberg

Calliergon richardsonii (Mitten) Kindberg

Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitten) Hedenäs

Sarmentypnum exannulatum (Schimper) Hedenäs

Sarmentypnum sarmentosum (Wahlenberg) Tuomikoski & T.J.Koponen

Sarmentypnum tundrae (Arnell) Hedenäs

Scorpidium cossonii (Schimper) Hedenäs

Scorpidium revolvens (Swartz) Rubers

Scorpidium scorpioides (Hedwig) Limpricht

Straminergon stramineum (Dickson ex Bridel) Hedenäs

Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedwig) Loeske

- CATOSCOPIACEAE

Catoscopium nigritum (Hedwig) Bridel

- CLIMACIACEAE

Climacium americanum Bridel

Climacium dendroides (Hedwig) F.Weber & D.Mohr

- CRYPHAEACEAE

Cryphaea glomerata Schimper ex Sullivant

- DICRANACEAE

Arctoa fulvella (Dickson) Bruch & Schimper

Cynodontium alpestre (Wahlenberg) Milde

Cynodontium polycarpon (Hedwig) Schimper

Cynodontium schisti (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Lindberg

Cynodontium strumiferum (Hedwig) Lindberg

Cynodontium tenellum (Schimper)

Dichodontium pellucidum (Hedwig) Schimper

Dicranella cerviculata (Hedwig) Schimper

Dicranella heteromalla (Hedwig) Schimper

Dicranella palustris (Dickson) E.F.Warburg

Dicranella rufescens (Withering) Schimper

Dicranella schreberiana (Hedwig) Hilferty ex H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson

Dicranella subulata (Hedwig) Schimper

Dicranella varia (Hedwig) Schimper

Dicranodontium denudatum (Bridel) E.Britton

Dicranoweisia crispula (Hedwig) Milde

Dicranum acutifolium (Lindberg & Arnell) C.E.O.Jensen

Dicranum bonjeanii De Notaris

Dicranum condensatum Hedwig

Dicranum elongatum Schwägrichen

Dicranum flagellare Hedwig

Dicranum fulvum Hooker

Dicranum fuscescens Turner var fuscescens

Dicranum leioneuron Kindberg

Dicranum majus Turner var majus

Dicranum montanum Hedwig

Dicranum muehlenbeckii Bruch & Schimper

Dicranum ontariense W.L.Peterson

Dicranum polysetum Swartz

Dicranum scoparium Hedwig

Dicranum spurium Hedwig

Dicranum undulatum Bridel

Dicranum viride (Sullivant & Lesquereux) Lindberg

Kiaeria blyttii (Bruch & Schimper) Brotherus

Kiaeria falcata (Hedwig) I.Hagen

Kiaeria starkei (Weber & D.Mohr) I.Hagen

Oncophorus virens (Hedwig) Bridel

Oncophorus wahlenbergii Bridel

Paraleucobryum longifolium (Ehrhart ex Hedwig) Loeske

Rhabdoweisia crispata (Dickson ex Withering) Lindberg

- DIPHYSCIACEAE

Diphyscium foliosum (Hedwig) D.Mohr

- DISCELIACEAE

Discelium nudum (Dickson) Bridel

- DITRICHACEAE

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedwig) Bridel subsp purpureus

Cleistocarpidium palustre (Bruch & Schimper) Ochyra & H.Bednarek-Ochyra

Distichium capillaceum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Distichium inclinatum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Ditrichum flexicaule (Schwägrichen) Hampe

Ditrichum lineare (Swartz) Lindberg

Ditrichum pallidum (Hedwig) Hampe

Ditrichum pusillum (Hedwig) Hampe

Ditrichum rhynchostegium Kindberg

Ditrichum tortuloides Grout

Pleuridium acuminatum Lindberg

Pleuridium ravenelii Austin

Pleuridium subulatum (Hedwig) Rabenhorst

Pleuridium sullivantii Austin

Saelania glaucescens (Hedwig) Brotherus

Trichodon cylindricus (Hedwig) Schimper var cylindricus

- ENCALYPTACEAE

Encalypta ciliata Hedwig

Encalypta procera Bruch

Encalypta rhaptocarpa Schwägrichen

- ENTODONTACEAE

Entodon brevisetus (Hooker & Wilson) Lindberg

Entodon cladorrhizans (Hedwig) Müller Hal

Entodon concinnus (De Notaris) Paris

Entodon seductrix (Hedwig) Müller Hal

- EPHEMERACEAE

Ephemerum cohaerens (Hedwig) Hampe

Ephemerum crassinervium (Schwägrichen) Hampe var crassinervium

Ephemerum serratum (Hedwig) Hampe

Ephemerum spinulosum Bruch & Schimper

Micromitrium megalosporum Austin

Micromitrium tenerum (Bruch & Schimper) Crosby

- FISSIDENTACEAE

Fissidens adianthoides Hedwig

Fissidens bryoides Hedwig

Fissidens bushii (Cardot & Thériot) Cardot & Thériot

Fissidens closteri Austin subsp closteri

Fissidens dubius P.Beauvois

Fissidens exilis Hedwig

Fissidens fontanus (Bachelot de la Pylaie) Steudel

Fissidens hallianus (Sullivant & Lesquereux) Mitten

Fissidens minutulus Sullivant

Fissidens obtusifolius Wilson

Fissidens osmundioides Hedwig

Fissidens subbasilaris Hedwig

Fissidens taxifolius Hedwig

- FONTINALACEAE

Dichelyma capillaceum (Withering) Myrin

Dichelyma falcatum (Hedwig) Myrin

Dichelyma pallescens Schimper

Fontinalis antipyretica Hedwig

Fontinalis dalecarlica Schimper

Fontinalis hypnoides Hartman

Fontinalis novae-angliae Sullivant

Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müller Hal) Wijk & Margadant

Fontinalis sullivantii Lindberg

- FUNARIACEAE

Aphanorrhegma serratum (Wilson & Hooker) Sullivant

Funaria flavicans Michaux

Funaria hygrometrica Hedwig var hygrometrica

Funaria microstoma Schimper

Physcomitrium collenchymatum Gier

Physcomitrium immersum Sullivant

Physcomitrium pyriforme (Hedwig) Hampe

- GRIMMIACEAE

Bucklandiella affinis (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Bucklandiella microcarpa (Hedwig) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Bucklandiella sudetica (Funck) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Bucklandiella venusta (Frisvoll) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Codriophorus acicularis (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

Codriophorus aduncoides (Bednarek-Ochyra) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Codriophorus fascicularis (Hedwig) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Coscinodon cribrosus (Hedwig) Spruce

Grimmia anodon Bruch & Schimper

Grimmia anomala Hampe

Grimmia donniana Smith

Grimmia hartmanii Schimper

Grimmia incurva Schwägrichen

Grimmia laevigata (Bridel) Bridel

Grimmia longirostris Hooker

Grimmia muehlenbeckii Schimper

Grimmia olneyi Sullivant & C.L.Lesquereux

Grimmia pilifera P.Beauvois

Grimmia sessitana De Notaris

Grimmia trichophylla Greville

Grimmia unicolor Hooker

Niphotrichum canescens (Hedwig) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra subsp canescens

Niphotrichum ericoides (Bridel) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra

Racomitrium lanuginosum (Hedwig) Bridel

Schistidium agassizii Sullivant & Lesquereux

Schistidium apocarpum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Schistidium crassithecium H.H.Blom ex B.H.Allen

Schistidium dupretii (Thériot) W.A.Weber

Schistidium liliputanum (Müller Hal) Deguchi

Schistidium maritimum (Turner ex Robt.Scott) Bruch & Schimper

Schistidium papillosum Culmann

Schistidium rivulare (Bridel) Podpera

Schistidium trichodon (Bridel) Poelt

- HEDWIGIACEAE

Hedwigia ciliata (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

- HELODIACEAE

Elodium blandowii (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Eckel

Elodium elodioides (Renauld & Cardot ex Röll) Eckel

Elodium paludosum Austin

- HOOKERIACEAE

Hookeria acutifolia Hooker & Greville

- HYLOCOMIACEAE

Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum (Spruce) M.Fleischer ex Brotherus

Hylocomiastrum umbratum (Hedwig) M.Fleischer ex Brotherus

Hylocomium splendens (Hedwig) Schimper

Loeskeobryum brevirostre (Bridel) M.Fleischer ex Brotherus

Pleurozium schreberi (Willdenow ex Bridel) Mitten

Rhytidiadelphus loreus (Hedwig) Warnstorf

Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus (Lindberg) T.J.Koponen

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedwig) Warnstorf

- HYPNACEAE

Callicladium haldanianum (Greville) H.A.Crum

Ctenidium molluscum (Hedwig) Mitten

Herzogiella striatella (Bridel) Z.Iwatsuki

Herzogiella turfacea (Lindberg) Z.Iwatsuki

Homomallium adnatum (Hedwig) Brotherus

Hypnum andoi A.J.E.Smith

Hypnum cupressiforme Hedwig var cupressiforme

Hypnum cupressiforme var filiforme Bridel

Hypnum curvifolium Hedwig

Hypnum fauriei Cardot

Hypnum imponens Hedwig

Hypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke

Hypnum lindbergii Mitten

Hypnum pallescens (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

Hypnum plicatulum (Lindberg) A.Jaeger

Hypnum pratense Koch ex Spruce

Hypnum recurvatum (Lindberg & Arnell) Kindberg

Hypnum revolutum (Mitten) Lindberg var revolutum

Isopterygiopsis muelleriana (Schimper) Z.Iwatsuki

Isopterygiopsis pulchella (Hedwig) Z.Iwatsuki

Isopterygium tenerum (Swartz) Mitten

Orthothecium strictum Lorentz

Platygyrium repens (Bridel) Schimper

Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum (Mitten) Z.Iwatsuki

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Bridel) Z.Iwatsuki

Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedwig) De Notaris

Pylaisia intricata (Hedwig) Schimper

Pylaisia polyantha (Hedwig) Schimper

Pylaisia selwynii Kindberg

Taxiphyllum deplanatum (Bruch & Schimper ex Sullivant) M.Fleischer

- LEMBOPHYLLACEAE

Isothecium myosuroides Bridel

- LEPTODONTACEAE

Forsstroemia trichomitria (Hedwig) Lindberg

- LESKEACEAE

Haplocladium microphyllum (Hedwig) Brotherus

Haplocladium virginianum (Bridel) Brotherus

Lescuraea saxicola (Schimper) Molendo

Leskea gracilescens Hedwig

Leskea obscura Hedwig

Leskea polycarpa Hedwig

Leskeella nervosa (Bridel) Loeske

Lindbergia brachyptera (Mitten) Kindberg

Pseudoleskea incurvata (Hedwig) Loeske var incurvata

Pseudoleskea patens (Lindberg) Kindberg

Pseudoleskea radicosa (Mitten) Macoun & Kindberg var radicosa

Pseudoleskea stenophylla Renauld & Cardot

- LEUCOBRYACEAE

Leucobryum albidum (P.Beauvois) Lindberg

Leucobryum glaucum (Hedwig) Ångström

- LEUCODONTACEAE

Leucodon andrewsianus (H.A.Crum & L.E.Anderson) W.D.Reese & L.E.Anderson

Leucodon brachypus Bridel

- MEESIACEAE

Leptobryum pyriforme (Hedwig) Wilson

Meesia longiseta Hedwig

Meesia triquetra (Linnaeus ex Jolyclerc) Ångström

Meesia uliginosa Hedwig

Paludella squarrosa (Hedwig) Bridel

- MIELICHHOFERIACEAE

Mielichhoferia elongata (Hoppe & Hornschuch) Nees & Hornschuch

Pohlia andalusica (Höhnel) Brotherus

Pohlia annotina (Hedwig) Lindberg

Pohlia bulbifera (Warnstorf) Warnstorf

Pohlia cruda (Hedwig) Lindberg

Pohlia drummondii (Müller Hal) A.L.Andrews

Pohlia elongata Hedwig

Pohlia lescuriana (Sullivant) Ochi

Pohlia longicolla (Hedwig) Lindberg

Pohlia melanodon (Bridel) A.J.Shaw

Pohlia nutans (Hedwig) Lindberg

Pohlia obtusifolia (Villars ex Bridel) L.F.Koch

Pohlia proligera (Kindberg) Lindberg ex Arnell

Pohlia wahlenbergii (F.Weber & D.Mohr) A.L.Andrews

- MNIACEAE

Cinclidium arcticum (Bruch & Schimper) Schimper

Cinclidium stygium Swartz

Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Huebener) T.J.Koponen

Mnium hornum Hedwig

Mnium lycopodioides Schwägrichen

Mnium marginatum (Dickson ex Withering) P.Beauvois

Mnium spinulosum Bruch & Schimper

Mnium stellare Hedwig

Mnium thomsonii Schimper

Plagiomnium ciliare (Müller Hal) T.J.Koponen

Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedwig) T.J.Koponen

Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch & Schimper) T.J.Koponen

Plagiomnium ellipticum (Bridel) T.J.Koponen

Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimper) T.J.Koponen

Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrader) T.J.Koponen

Pseudobryum cinclidioides (Huebener) T.J.Koponen

Rhizomnium appalachianum T.J.Koponen

Rhizomnium magnifolium (Horikawa) T.J.Koponen

Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum (Bruch & Schimper) T.J.Koponen

Rhizomnium punctatum (Hedwig) T.J.Koponen

- MYRINIACEAE

Myrinia pulvinata (Wahlenberg) Schimper

Schwetschkeopsis fabronia (Schwägrichen) Brotherus

- NECKERACEAE

Homalia trichomanoides (Hedwig) Schimper var trichomanoides

Neckera besseri (Lobarzewski) Juratzka

Neckera complanata (Hedwig) Huebener

Neckera pennata Hedwig

Thamnobryum alleghaniense (Müller Hal) Nieuwland

Thamnobryum neckeroides (Hooker) E.Lawton

- ORTHOTRICHACEAE

Amphidium lapponicum (Hedwig) Schimper

Amphidium mougeotii (Bruch & Schimper) Schimper

Drummondia prorepens (Hedwig) E.Britton

Orthotrichum anomalum Hedwig

Orthotrichum elegans Schwägrichen ex Hooker & Greville

Orthotrichum lescurii Austin

Orthotrichum obtusifolium Bridel

Orthotrichum ohioense Sullivant & Lesquereux

Orthotrichum pumilum Swartz

Orthotrichum pusillum Mitten

Orthotrichum sordidum Sullivant & Lesquereux

Orthotrichum speciosum Nees in J.Sturm et al

Orthotrichum stellatum Bridel

Orthotrichum strangulatum P.Beauvois

Ulota coarctata (P.Beauvois) Hammar

Ulota crispa (Hedwig) Bridel

Ulota curvifolia (Wahlenberg) Liljeblad

Ulota hutchinsiae (Smith) Hammar var hutchinsiae

Ulota phyllantha Bridel

Zygodon conoideus (Dickson) Hooker & Taylor

Zygodon viridissimus var rupestris Lindberg

Zygodon viridissimus (Dickson) Bridel var viridissimus

- PLAGIOTHECIACEAE

Plagiothecium cavifolium (Bridel) Z.Iwatsuki

Plagiothecium denticulatum (Hedwig) Schimper

Plagiothecium laetum Schimper

Plagiothecium latebricola Schimper

- POLYTRICHACEAE

Atrichum altecristatum (Renauld & Cardot) B.B.Smyth & L.C.D.Smyth

Atrichum angustatum (Bridel) Bruch & Schimper

Atrichum crispulum Bescherelle

Atrichum crispum (James) Sullivant

Atrichum tenellum (Röhling) Bruch & Schimper

Atrichum undulatum (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

Oligotrichum hercynicum (Hedwig) Lamarck & de Candolle

Pogonatum dentatum (Bridel) Bridel

Pogonatum pensilvanicum (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

Pogonatum urnigerum (Hedwig) P.Beauvois

Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedwig) G.L.Smith var alpinum

Polytrichastrum alpinum var septentrionale (Bridel) G.L.Smith

Polytrichastrum formosum var densifolium (Mitten) Z.Iwatsuki & A.Noguchi

Polytrichastrum formosum (Hedwig) G.L.Smith var formosum

Polytrichastrum longisetum (Bridel) G.L.Smith

Polytrichastrum ohioense (Renauld & Cardot) G.L.Smith

Polytrichastrum pallidisetum (Funck) G.L.Smith

Polytrichum commune Hedwig var commune

Polytrichum commune var perigoniale (Michaux) Hampe

Polytrichum juniperinum Hedwig

Polytrichum piliferum Hedwig

Polytrichum strictum Bridel

- POTTIACEAE

Acaulon muticum (Hedwig) Müller Hal var muticum

Acaulon triquetrum (Spruce) Müller Hal

Aloina rigida (Hedwig) Limpricht var rigida

Barbula convoluta Hedwig var convoluta

Barbula unguiculata Hedwig

Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedwig) P.C.Chen

Didymodon fallax (Hedwig) R.H.Zander

Didymodon ferrugineus (Schimper ex Bescherelle) M.O.Hill

Didymodon rigidulus Hedwig var rigidulus

Gymnostomum aeruginosum Smith

Hennediella heimii (Hedwig) R.H.Zander var heimii

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedwig) Dixon var recurvirostrum

Hyophila involuta (Hooker) A.Jaeger

Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (Schultz) R.H.Zander

Syntrichia laevipila Bridel

Syntrichia montana Nees

Syntrichia papillosa (Wilson) Juratsk

Syntrichia ruralis (Hedwig) F.Weber & D.Mohr

Tortella fragilis (Hooker & Wilson) Limpricht

Tortella humilis (Hedwig) Jennings

Tortella inclinata var densa (Lorentz & Molendo) Limpricht

Tortella tortuosa var arctica (Arnold) Brotherus

Tortella tortuosa var fragilifolia (Juratzska) Limpricht

Tortella tortuosa (Hedwig) Limpricht var tortuosa

Tortula acaulon (Withering) R.H.Zander

Tortula cernua (Huebener) Lindberg

Tortula mucronifolia Schwägrichen

Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägrichen) Mathieu

Tortula porteri (James) Brotherus in H.G.A.Englerand K.Prantl

Tortula truncata (Hedwig) Mitten in F.D.Godman

Trichostomum brachydontium Bruch

Trichostomum crispulum Bruch

Trichostomum tenuirostre (Hooker & Taylor) Lindberg var tenuirostre

Weissia brachycarpa (Nees & Hornschuch) Juratzka

Weissia controversa Hedwig

Weissia muhlenbergiana (Swartz) W.D.Reese & B.A.E.Lemmon

- PTERIGYNANDRACEAE

Heterocladium dimorphum (Bridel) Schimper

Myurella julacea (Schwägrichen) Schimper

Myurella sibirica (Müller Hal) Reimers

Pterigynandrum filiforme Hedwig

- PTYCHOMITRIACEAE

Campylostelium saxicola (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Bruch & Schimper

Ptychomitrium incurvum (Schwägrichen) Spruce

- RHYTIDIACEAE

Rhytidium rugosum (Hedwig) Kindberg

- SCHISTOSTEGACEAE

Schistostega pennata (Hedwig) F.Weber & D.Mohr

- SELIGERIACEAE

Blindia acuta (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Brachydontium trichodes (F.Weber) Fürnrohr

Seligeria brevifolia (Lindberg) Lindberg

Seligeria calcarea (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Seligeria campylopoda Kindberg

Seligeria diversifolia Lindberg

Seligeria donniana (Smith) Müller Hal

Seligeria recurvata (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Seligeria tristichoides Kindberg

Brotherella recurvans (Michaux) M.Fleischer

Hageniella micans (Mitten) B.C.Tan & Y.Jia

Pylaisiadelpha tenuirostris (Bruch & Schimper ex Sullivant) W.R.Buck

Sematophyllum demissum (Wilson) Mitten

Sematophyllum marylandicum (Müller Hal) E.Britton

- SPHAGNACEAE

Sphagnum affine Renauld & Cardot

Sphagnum andersonianum R.E.Andrus

Sphagnum angermanicum Melin

Sphagnum angustifolium (Warnstorf) C.E.O.Jense

Sphagnum atlanticum R.E.Andrus

Sphagnum austinii Sullivant

Sphagnum bartlettianum Warnstorf

Sphagnum brevifolium (Lindberg) J.Röll

Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrhart) Hedwig

Sphagnum carolinianum R.E.Andrus

Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen

Sphagnum compactum Lamarck & de Candolle

Sphagnum contortum Schultz

Sphagnum cuspidatum Hoffman

Sphagnum cyclophyllum Sullivant

Sphagnum fallax (H.Klinggräff) H.Klinggräff

Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson & Hooker subsp fimbriatum

Sphagnum flavicomans (Cardot) Warnstorf

Sphagnum flexuosum Dozy & Molkenboer

Sphagnum fuscum (Schimper) H.Klinggraff

Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow

Sphagnum henryense Warnstorf

Sphagnum inundatum Russow

Sphagnum isoviitae Flatberg

Sphagnum lescurii Sullivant

Sphagnum lindbergii Schimper

Sphagnum macrophyllum Bridel

Sphagnum magellanicum Bridel

Sphagnum majus (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen subsp majus

Sphagnum majus subsp norvegicum K.I.Flatberg

Sphagnum mcqueenii R.E.Andrus

Sphagnum molle Sullivant

Sphagnum palustre Linnaeus

Sphagnum papillosum Lindberg

Sphagnum platyphyllum (Lindberg) Warnstorf

Sphagnum pulchrum (Lindberg) Warnstorf

Sphagnum pylaesii Bridel

Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindberg) Warnstorf

Sphagnum recurvum P.Beauvois

Sphagnum riparium Ångström

Sphagnum rubellum Wilson

Sphagnum russowii Warnstorf

Sphagnum squarrosum Crome

Sphagnum strictum Sullivan

Sphagnum subfulvum Sjörs

Sphagnum subsecundum Nees

Sphagnum subtile (Russow) Warnstorf

Sphagnum tenellum (Bridel) Bory

Sphagnum teres Ångström

Sphagnum torreyanum Sullivant

Sphagnum trinitense Müller Hal

Sphagnum viride Flatberg

Sphagnum warnstorfii Russow

Sphagnum wulfianum Girgensohn

- SPLACHNACEAE

Splachnum ampullaceum Hedwig

Splachnum pensylvanicum (Bridel) Grout ex H.A.Crum

Splachnum rubrum Hedwig

Tayloria serrata (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Tetraplodon angustatus (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

Tetraplodon mnioides (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper

- TETRAPHIDACEAE

Tetraphis geniculata Milde

Tetraphis pellucida Hedwig var pellucida

Tetraphis pellucida var trachypoda (Kindberg) J.Harpel

Tetrodontium brownianum (Dickson) Schwägrichen var brownianum

Tetrodontium brownianum var ovatum (Funck) Wijk & Margadant

- THELIACEAE

Thelia asprella (Schimper) Sullivant

Thelia hirtella (Hedwig) Sullivant

Thelia lescurii Sullivant

- THUIDIACEAE

Abietinella abietina (Hedwig) M.Fleischer

Cyrto-hypnum minutulum (Hedwig) W.R.Buck & H.A.Crum

Cyrto-hypnum pygmaeum (Schimper) W.R.Buck & H.A.Crum

Rauiella scita (P.Beauvois) Reimers

Thuidium alleniorum Austin

Thuidium delicatulum (Hedwig) Schimper var delicatulum

Thuidium delicatulum var radicans (Kindberg) H.A.Crum

Thuidium recognitum (Hedwig) Lindberg

- TIMMIACEAE

Timmia austriaca Hedwig

Timmia megapolitana Hedwig subsp megapolitana

Timmia norvegica var excurrens Bryhn


*ME, NS, NB, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI (QC, ON). Tundra and arctic species exclusive to QC and ON have been omitted from this list. This is not a checklist in the traditional sense as it does not rely on herbarium collections.


**Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 27, 2007; vol 28, 2014. No attempt has been made to reconcile BFNA taxonomy with any subsequent publications.


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