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An At-A-Glance Guide to Mosses |
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Our collection of moss pictures has been arranged into groups.
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True Mosses | Peat Mosses | Club Mosses | Liverworts |
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Alpine Moss,
Polytrichum alpinum |
Badge Moss, Plagiomnium insigne |
Broom Moss,
Dicranum scoparium |
California Amphidium Moss, Amphidium californicum |
Carpet Moss,
Plagiomnium ellipticum |
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Coiled-leaf Moss, Hypnum circinale |
Neat Feather Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum |
Wavy-leafed Cotton Moss,
Buckellia undulata |
Crane’s-bill Moss, Atrichum selwynii |
Curly Hypnum Moss, Hypnum subimponens |
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Douglas’ Neckera, Neckera douglasii |
Elongate Racomitrium Moss,
Racomitrium aciculare |
Fan Moss,
Rhizomnium glabrescens |
False Polytrichum, Timmia austriaca |
Fissidens Moss,
Fissidens limbatus |
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Fontinalis Moss, Fontinalis neomexicana |
Giant Antitrichia Moss, Antitrichia curtipendula |
Goose-necked Moss, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus |
Hygrohypnum Moss, Hygrohypnum ochraceum |
Juniper Haircap Moss, Polytrichum juniperinum |
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Lanky Moss, Rhytidiadelphus loreus |
Magnificent Moss, Plagiomnium venustum |
Menzies' Anacolia Moss, Anacolia menziesii |
Oregon Beaked Moss Eurhynchium oreganum |
Douglas Neckera Moss, Neckera douglasii |
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Philonotis Moss, Philonotis capillaris |
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Homalothecium Moss, Homalothecium pinnatifidum |
Plume Moss,
Dendroalsia abietina |
Red Bryum,
Bryum miniatum |
Roadside Rock Moss, Racomitrium canescens |
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Shining Moss,
Hookeria lucens |
Stair Step Moss, Hylocomium splendens |
Swamp Moss,
Philonotis fontana |
Tree Moss,
Isothecium myosuroides |
Wavy-leaved Cotton Moss, Plagiothecium undulatum |
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Whitish Feather-moss, Brachythecium albicans |
Yellow Moss, Trachybryum megaptilum |
Apple Moss,
Bartramia pomiformis |
Lover’s Moss, Aulacomnium androgynum |
Granite Moss,
Andreaea rupestris |
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Grey Haircap Moss, Pogonatum urnigerum |
Awned Haircap Moss, Polytrichum piliferum |
Largetooth Calcareous Moss, Mnium spinulosum |
Silver Thread Moss, Bryum argenteum |
Toothed Plagiothecium Moss, Plagiothecium denticulatum |
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Mougeot's Amphidium Moss,
Amphidium mougeottii |
Fire Moss,
Ceratodon purpureus |
Lyell's Orthotrichum Moss,
Orthotrichum lyellii |
Bigelow's Porotrichum Moss, Porotrichum bigelovii |
Black Fruited Stink Moss, Tetraplodon mnioides |
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Whipple's Claopodium Moss, Claopodium whippleanum |
Brocade Moss,
Hypnum imponens |
Slender Beaked Moss, Kindbergia praelonga |
Palm Tree Moss, Leucolepis acanthoneuron (male) |
Palm Tree Moss, Leucolepis acanthoneuron (female) |
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Magnificent Leafy Moss, Plagiomnium venustum |
Dented silk-moss, Plagiothecium denticulatum |
Pohlia Moss,
Pohlia cruda |
Common Haircap Moss, Polytrichum commune
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Common Haircap Moss, Polytrichum commune
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Nuttall's Homalothecium Moss, Homalothecium nuttallii |
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Narrowleaf Peat Moss, Sphagnum angustifolium |
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Wallace’s Spike Moss, Selaginella wallacei |
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Cedar-shake Liverwort, Plagiochila porelloides |
Porella roellii |
Hanging Millipede, Frullania nisquallensis |
Porella cordeana |
Graceful Asterella, Asterella gracilis |
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Crescent-cup Liverwort, Lunularia cruciata |
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Scented Liverwort, Conocephalum conicum
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Creeping Fingerwort, Lepidozia reptans |
Hanging Millipede Liverwort,
Frullania nisquallensis |
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Tree Ruffle Liverwort, Porella navicularis
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Yellow-ladle Liverwort, Scapania bolanderi |
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Many thanks to Gerry Ansell of Victoria, BC for his valuable help with identifying these mosses. |
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Also at the Inn |
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A Look at Mosses
Sprawling and spreading across rocks and trees, mosses often add a lushness and softness to the forest. |
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For the Inn's complete index of At-A-Glance Guides like this one click here. |
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