list of mosses

Mosses are small, nonvascular, spore-bearing plants of the division Bryophyta. The approximately 12,000 species are distributed throughout the world. The following is a list of some of the major genera and species of mosses, arranged alphabetically by common name.

• apple moss (Bartramia pomiformis)
• carpet moss (genus Hypnum)

  • sheet moss (H. curvifolium)
• cord moss (genus Funaria)
• cushion moss (genus Leucobryum)
• elf-cap moss (genus Buxbaumia)
• extinguisher moss (genus Encalypta)
• feather moss (Ptilim crista-castrensis, monotypic genus)
• fern moss (genus Thuidium)
• fringe moss (genus Grimmia)
• granite moss (family Andreaeaceae)
• hair-cap moss (genus Polytrichum)
• horn-tooth moss (genus Ceratodon)
• luminous moss (Schistostega pennata)
• peat moss (genus Sphagnum)
• rose moss (Rhodobryum roseum)
• screw moss (genus Tortula)
• tree moss (genus Climacium)
• urn moss (genus Physcomitrium)

  • top moss (P. pyriforme)
• water moss (genus Fontinalis)
• wind-blown moss (genus Dicranum)

  • broom moss (D. scoparium)