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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

This guide is meant to assist Atlantic Canadians with continuing their natural history explorations through the year, as mosses and lichens (and liverworts!) are some of the few groups that are just as easy to identify in the winter as they are in the summer. There are a broad diversity of ...more ↓

Sphagnum mosses 1
Sphagnum
bristly haircap moss 2
Polytrichum piliferum
juniper haircap moss 3
Polytrichum juniperinum
common haircap moss 4
Polytrichum commune
stairstep moss 5
Hylocomium splendens
pincushion moss 6
Leucobryum glaucum
Redshank 7
Ceratodon purpureus
broom moss 8
Dicranum scoparium
Big Shaggy-moss 9
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus
Northern Peatmoss 10
Sphagnum capillifolium
Girgensohn's Peatmoss 11
Sphagnum girgensohnii
Red-stemmed Feather Moss 12
Pleurozium schreberi
shingle moss 13
Neckera pennata
Ostrich-plume Moss 14
Ptilium crista-castrensis
Magellan's Peatmoss 15
Sphagnum magellanicum
star moss 16
Tortula ruralis
brocade moss 13
Hypnum imponens
Recurved Brotherella Moss 12
Brotherella recurvans
Whip Fork Moss 17
Dicranum flagellare
boulder broom moss 18
Dicranum fulvum
Dicranum viride
Common Pocket-moss 19
Fissidens taxifolius
Hedwig's fringeleaf moss 20
Hedwigia ciliata
crisped pincushion 17
Ulota crispa
Granitic Cypress Plaitmoss 21
Hypnum cupressiforme filiforme
Plagiomnium
Woodsy Thyme-moss 22
Plagiomnium cuspidatum
Mnium 23
Dark-green Bristle Moss 24
Orthotrichum sordidum
Many-flowered Pylaisia Moss 25
Pylaisiella polyantha
creeping feather-moss 25
Amblystegium serpens
Hypnum pallescens 18
Smooth-stalk Feather-moss 26
Brachythecium salebrosum
Silvery Bryum 4
Bryum argenteum
Atrichum 27
Fontinalis 28
Flat-brocade Moss 29
Platygyrium repens
Tetraphis Moss 13
Tetraphis pellucida
nodding thread-moss 30
Pohlia nutans
Andreaea
Frullania inflata communis
Oakes' Scalewort
Frullania oakesiana
American Wall Scalewort 31
Porella platyphylloidea
Rustwort
Nowellia curvifolia
Flat-leaved Scalewort 1
Radula complanata
Asa Gray's Scalewort 32
Frullania tamarisci asagrayana
greater whipwort 33
Bazzania trilobata
Tree Fringewort 34
Ptilidium pulcherrimum
Creeping Fingerwort 1
Lepidozia reptans
common liverwort 35
Marchantia polymorpha
Various-leaved Crestwort 24
Lophocolea heterophylla
snakewort 36
Conocephalum salebrosum
Pellia 37
common liverwort 35
Marchantia polymorpha
Lophozia 27
Cephalozia 37
Jungermannia
Scapania 38
New York Scalewort 39
Frullania eboracensis
lesser featherwort 40
Plagiochila porelloides
Riccardia 4

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