[Wildflowers of the Mt. Adams Country]

Mosses of the Mt. Adams Country

Bryophyta

 

 


Incomplete Listing of Mosses from the Mt. Adams Country:

Unidentified Mosses from Mt. Adams Country

Amblystegiaceae:

Hygrophypnum Moss: Hygrophypnum ochraceum (Synonyms: Hygrohypnum ochraceum var. filiforme, Hygrohypnum ochraceum var. flaccidum, Hygrohypnum ochraceum var. uncinatum) - Grows on rocks in waterfalls or spray zones.

Brachytheciaceae:

Brachythecium Moss: Brachythecium collinum -

Dicranaceae:

Arctoa Moss: Arctoa fulvella -

Dicranella Moss: Dicranella palustris (Synonym: Dicranella squarrosa) -

Fontinalaceae:

Fontinalis Moss: Fontinalis hypnoides -

Grimmiaceae:

Macoun's Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium macounii (Synonyms: Racomitrium heterostichum var. macounii, Racomitrium macounii ssp. alpinum, Racomitrium sudeticum f. alpinum, Racomitrium sudeticum f. americanum, Racomitrium sudeticum f. macounii) -

Polytrichaceae:

Beautiful Hair-moss, Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum formosum (Synonyms: Polytrichastrum formosum, Polytrichum attenuatum) - ??

Juniper Moss, Juniper Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum (Synonyms: Polytrichum apiculatum, Polytrichum juniperinum var. waghornei) - ?

Sphagnaceae:

Unidentified Sphagnum Moss #1 - Possibly S. palustre or S. squarrosum ?

Rusty Peat Moss: Sphagnum fuscum (Synonyms: Sphagnum acutifolium var. fuscum, Sphagnum tenuifolium, Salix vancouveriense) -

Blunt-leaved Bog-moss: Sphagnum palustre (Synonym: Sphagnum cymbifolium) -

Crome Sphagnum, Spiky Bog-moss, Spreading-leaved Bog Moss: Sphagnum squarrosum (Synonym: Sphagnum squarrosum var. imbricatum) -

Slender Cow-horn Bog-moss: Sphagnum subsecundum (Synonym: Sphagnum crispum) -

Rigid Bog-moss: Sphagnum teres (Synonyms: Sphagnum squarrosum var. teres, Sphagnum teres var. squarrosulum) -

Warnstorf's Bog-moss, Warnstorf's Peat Moss, Warnstorf's Sphagnum: Sphagnum warnstorfii (Synonym: Sphagnum warnstorfianum) -

Lycopodiaceae:

Club Mosses


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