World of Mosses website

 

A Graphic Guide to Ontario Mosses

by Robert Muma

 

Moss Habitats

 

Forest Floor

ATRICHUM
BRACHYTHECIUM
HYLOCOMIUM
HYPNUM
LEUCOBRYUM
PLAGIOTHECIUM
PLEUROZIUM
POLYTRICHUM
RHYTIDIADELPHUS
THUIDIUM

 

Tree Trunks and Branches

ANACAMPTODON
DICRANUM viride
LESKEA
LEUCODON
NECKERA
ORTHOTRICHUM
PLATYGYRIUM
PYLAISIELLA
ULOTA

 

Old Logs and Stumps

CALLICLADIUM
CTENIDIUM
DICRANUM
HYLOCOMIUM
HYPNUM
PLATYGYRIUM
PTILIUM
PYLAISIELLA
RHYNCHOSTEGIUM
TETRAPHIS
THUIDIUM

 

Base of Trunk and Tree Roots

  ANOMODON
BRACHYTHECIUM
BROTHERELLA
CALLICLADIUM
HOMALIA
LEUCOBRYUM
PLAGIOTHECIUM

 

Swamps, Bogs, Open Ditches, Marshy Ground

  AULACOMNIUM
BRACHYTHECIUM
BRYHNIA
BRYUM
CALLIERGON
CALLIERGONELLA
CLIMACIUM
CRATONEURON
DREPANOCLADUS
FISSIDENS
HELODIUM
MNIUM
PHILONOTIS
PLAGIOMNIUM
PLAGIOTHECIUM
POLYTRICHUM
RHIZOMNIUM
SCORPIDIUM
SPHAGNUM
TOMENTHYPNUM

 

Stream Banks, Shady Hillsides

ATRICHUM
BRACHYTHECIUM
FISSIDENS
HYPNUM
MNIUM

 

Brooks, Running Water

DICHELYMA
FISSIDENS
FONTINALIS

 

Rail and Roadside Banks, Disturbed Soil,
Garden Paths, Greenhouses

ASTOMUM
BARBULA
BRYUM
CERATODON
DITRICHUM
EPHEMERUM
FUNARIA
HYPNUM
LEPTOBRYUM
PHASCUM
PHYSCOMITRIUM
PLEURIDIUM
POHLIA
POTTIA

 

Old Animal Droppings, Bones, etc.

SPLACHNUM
TAYLORIA
TETRAPLODON

 

Sidewalks, Pavement, Walls, Roofs

BARBULA
BRYUM argenteum
CERATODON
TORTULA muralis

 

Burned Areas, Campfire Sites

BRYUM
FUNARIA
POLYTRICHUM

 

Rocks & Mountains

ANDREAEA
ENCALYPTA
GRIMMIA
HEDWIGIA
HYPNUM
MYURELLA
NECKERA
ORTHOTRICHUM
PLATYGYRIUM
RHACOMITRIUM
SELIGERIA
TORTELLA
ULOTA

 

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