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Here is a link to the Mosses of Arizona as listed in the Flora of North America Database with habitat and elevation notes and linked Flora of North America treatments and illustrations.
Here are iNAT Mosses and Liverworts from Santa Rita / Mt. Wrightson Region.
And pasted below is a list of bryophyte taxa (with updated names but possibly anomalous records) known from the Santa Rita Range based on herbarium records from the Bryophyte Portal
Mosses
Amblystegium serpens
Anacolia menziesii
Anoectangium euchloron
Bartramia laevisphaera
Bartramia microstoma
Bartramia potosica
Bartramia robusta
Brachytheciastrum collinum
Brachytheciastrum fendleri
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
Brachythecium salebrosum
Braunia andrieuxii
Braunia secunda
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Bryum argenteum
Bryum lanatum
Campylium chrysophyllum
Campylopus savannarum
Campylopus tallulensis
Ceratodon purpureus
Claopodium rostratum
Claopodium whippleanum
Coscinodon calyptratus
Coscinodon cribrosus
Crossidium crassinervium
Dichodontium pellucidum
Dicranoweisia cirrata
Dicranum bonjeanii
Dicranum rhabdocarpum
Didymodon acutus
Didymodon icmadophilus
Didymodon rigidulus
Drepanocladus aduncus
Drepanocladus polygamus
Encalypta ciliata
Entosthodon bolanderi
Entosthodon muhlenbergii
Eucladium verticillatum
Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum
Fabronia ciliaris
Fabronia pusilla
Fissidens crispus
Fissidens fontanus
Fissidens sublimbatus
Funaria calvescens
Funaria hygrometrica
Geheebia fallax
Geheebia tophacea
Gemmabryum caespiticium
Gemmabryum exile
Gemmabryum valparaisense
Grimmia arizonae
Grimmia donniana
Grimmia longirostris
Grimmia montana
Grimmia ovalis
Grimmia pilifera
Gymnostomum aeruginosum
Gymnostomum calcareum
Haplocladium angustifolium
Haplocladium microphyllum
Hedwigia ciliata
Hedwigia emodica
Hedwigia nivalis
Homomallium mexicanum
Husnotiella revoluta
Hygroamblystegium tenax
Hygroamblystegium varium
Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
Hyophila involuta
Imbribryum gemmiparum
Imbribryum muehlenbeckii
Jaffueliobryum wrightii
Jochenia pallescens
Leptodontium flexifolium
Leptostomopsis systylia
Lescuraea arizonae
Lewinskya rupestris
Lindbergia mexicana
Mironia ehrenbergiana
Mnium marginatum
Molendoa sendtneriana
Oncophorus virens
Orthotrichum bartramii
Orthotrichum cylindrocarpum
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Orthotrichum pallens
Orthotrichum pumilum
Othotrichum anomalum
Philonotis capillaris
Philonotis fontana
Philonotis marchica
Plagiobryoides incrassatolimbata
Plagiobryoides vinosula
Plagiomnium rostratum
Platygyriella densa
Platygyrium fuscoluteum
Platyhypnum duriusculum
Pohlia cruda
Pohlia drummondii
Pohlia elongata
Pohlia nutans
Pohlia wahlenbergii
Polytrichum juniperinum
Pseudocrossidium replicatum
Pseudoleskeella tectorum
Ptychomitrium sinense
Ptychostomum creberrimum
Ptychostomum cyclophyllum
Ptychostomum intermedium
Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum
Ptychostomum schleicheri
Ptychostomum turbinatum
Pylaisia polyantha
Pylaisia selwynii
Rhexophyllum subnigrum
Rhynchostegium riparioides
Rhynchostegium serrulatum
Rhytidium rugosum
Roaldia revolutum
Rosulabryum andicola
Rosulabryum billarderii
Rosulabryum billardierei
Schistidium ambiguum
Schistidium apocarpum
Schistidium rivulare
Scopelophila cataractae
Scopelophila ligulata
Sematophyllum demissum
Splachnobryum obtusum
Streblotrichum convolutum
Syntrichia bartramii
Syntrichia fragilis
Syntrichia lacerifolia
Syntrichia laevipila
Syntrichia montana
Syntrichia norvegica
Syntrichia pagorum
Syntrichia ruralis
Thuidium delicatulum
Timia anomala
Timmiella anomala
Timmiella crassinervis
Timmiella flexiseta
Tortella tortuosa
Tortula atrovirens
Tortula inermis
Tortula mucronifolia
Weissia controversa
Weissia ligulifolia
Zygodon viridissimus
Liverworts
Cephaloziella divaricata
Chiloscyphus polyanthos
Jungermannia cordifolia
Frullania eboracensis
Frullania inflata
Mannia californica
Mannia fragrans
Plagiochasma wrightii
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Solenostoma hyalinum
Hornwort
Phaeoceros laevis
When ferreting through older literature, you end up having to check to see if the names used then are still used now and if not find the newer name(s) that have since replaced the older ones. There are all sorts of helpful tools for doing this online. I have been partial to the Tropicos plant name database, but increasingly fascinated by the Bryophyte Nomenclator put together by John Atwood and John Brinda. For each taxon you enter, it will spit out the taxonomic heirarchy within said taxon, a list of synonyms and a list of original publications associated with the names given. The site has a synonymy search that gives a topline for the number of valid names and the number of names that have been used. Pasted below are a few examples. Some taxa are extremely bloated due to taxonomic habits grouping most upright mosses, creeping mosses or leafy liverworts under the same genus, while others are bloated due to an unceasing history or revision and reclassification. Whatever the case, it seems like there is a roughly 10:1 ratio of proposed names: currently accepted names. I've been fishing around trying to find a pattern for low ratios-- some verge on 2:1, which is pretty good for 300-ish years since the first bryophyte was assigned a binomial. You can see the 1735 treatment of Bryophytes by Linneaus here (look for "Cryptogamie" and note the OG bryos "Musci").
Bryum•4899 names•272 accepted
Polytrichum•711 names•43 accepted
Sphagnum•3596 names•320 accepted
Didymodon•688 names•91 accepted
Syntrichia•346 names•133 accepted
Hypnum•3679 names•81 accepted
Brachythecium•1060 names•167 accepted
Jungermannia•2454 names•53 accepted
Lophozia•462 names•30 accepted
Scapania•636 names•126 accepted
Lepidozia•487 names•156 accepted
Diplophyllum•83 names•27 accepted
Pleurozia•31 names•14 accepted
Marchantia•318 names•64 accepted
Asterella•122 names•55 accepted
Conocephalum•13 names•6 accepted
Anthoceros•343 names•70 accepted
# | Taxon | Habitat | Synonyms | Basionyms |
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1 | Brachytheciastrum collinum | Soil, rock, xeric to mesic sunny to moderately shaded habitats | Brachythecium collinum,B. collinum var. idahense,B. idahense,H. hillebrandii | Hypnum collinum |
2 | Brachytheciastrum leibergii | Soil, humus, litter, decaying logs, stumps, tree bases, rock, conifer forests, shrubs | Brachythecium leibergii | |
3 | Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum | Mineral soil, humus, litter, decaying wood, trunk bases | Brachythecium petrophilum | Hypnum velutinum |
4 | Brachythecium acutum | Wet soil, peat, fens, swamps, rotten logs in swampy forests | Brachythecium pseudocollinum | Hypnum acutum |
5 | Brachythecium albicans | Soil, sandy, open and grassy places, rock | Brachythecium albicans var. occidentale,B. beringianum,B. pseudoalbicans,Chamberlainia albicans | Hypnum albicans |
6 | Brachythecium asperrimum | Soil, rotten logs, trunks, lower branches of trees | Brachythecium columbicorutabulum,B. gemmascens,B. pseudostarkei,B. spuriorutabulum,B. subintricatum,B. villardii | Hypnum asperrimum |
7 | Brachythecium cirrosum | Wet cliffs, rock outcrops, soil in arctic and mountain tundra, among other mosses | Cirriphyllum cirrosum | Hypnum cirrosum |
8 | Brachythecium coruscum | Soil, rock, Arctic and alpine environments | Brachythecium albicans var. groenlandicum,B. groenlandicum | |
9 | Brachythecium erythrorrhizon var. erythrorrhizon | Soil, rock, mountains | Chamberlainia | |
10 | Brachythecium frigidum | Soil in wet places, moderate shade to open sun, rock, fallen trunks | Chamberlainia | Hypnum frigidum |
11 | Brachythecium rivulare | Soil in wet places, wet semiliquid peat in alder and sedge swamps, alluvial sand banks along streams, temporary flooding depressions in xeric areas, wet mountain tundra, rock, logs, affected by temporary flooding | Chamberlainia | |
12 | Brachythecium rotaeanum | Trees, bases and inclined trunks, fresh logs, soil, rock | Brachythecium capillaceum,B. salebrosum var. capillaceum,Chamberlainia rotaeana,Hypnum salebrosum var. capillaceum | |
13 | Brachythecium rutabulum | Tree bases, rotten logs, litter and soil in forests, shaded rock, soil on lawns | Chamberlainia | Hypnum rutabulum |
14 | Brachythecium turgidum | Soil, rock, exposed mesic to wet habitats | Chamberlainia | Hypnum salebrosum var. turgidum |
15 | Bryhnia hultenii | Soil, rock, cliff bases, under dense Alnus canopy, bottom of gullies, sides of brooks, moderate to strong shade, wet to mesic places | ||
16 | Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum var. barnesii | Soil, rock, decaying logs | E. tayloriae | Eurhynchium strigosum var. barnesii,E. pulchellum var. barnesii |
17 | Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum var. pulchellum | Soil in forests, rock, decaying logs and stumps, tree bases, shady rock vertical surfaces, wet slopes of forested ravines, open ground in xeric steppe areas, among other mosses in tundra, granite, limestone | Hypnum pulchellum | |
18 | Homalothecium aeneum | Calcareous rock, sandstone, granite, soil, rotten logs, tree trunks, forests, open areas | Homalothecium nevadense var. aeneum | Hypnum aeneum |
19 | Homalothecium arenarium | Sandy soil, rock, coastal | Camptothecium alsioides,C. arenarium | Hypnum arenarium |
20 | Homalothecium aureum | Rock, rocky soil, exposed and moderately shaded places | Camptothecium amesiae,Homalothecium pinnatifidum | Isothecium aureum |
21 | Homalothecium fulgescens | Tree trunks, fallen logs, rock, moderate shade | Camptothecium fulgescens,C. lutescens subsp. fulgescens,C. lutescens var. occidentale,Homalothecium lutescens subsp. fulgescens | Hypnum fulgescens |
22 | Homalothecium megaptilum | Litter in coniferous forests, among grasses in open sites, logs, rock | Trachybryum megaptilum | Camptothecium megaptilum |
23 | Homalothecium nevadense | Calcareous rock, quartzite, granite, rotten logs, trunks, soil, forests, open areas | Camptothecium,Camptothecium sect. Trachybryum,Trachybryum | Hypnum nevadense |
24 | Homalothecium nuttallii | Epiphytic on trunks and branches of hardwood trees and Douglas fir, forests and open stands, especially Quercus garryana, rock, rotten logs | Camptothecium,Camptothecium sect. Trachybryum,Trachybryum | Hypnum nuttallii |
25 | Kindbergia oregana | Litter, soil rich in humus, rotten logs, forests, mesic, diffusely lighted places | Hypnum oreganum | |
26 | Kindbergia praelonga | Soil, mesic to wet places, in or near forests | Eurhynchium brittoniae,E. praelongum,E. praelongum var. californicum,E. praelongum var. stokesii,Kindbergia brittoniae | Hypnum praelongum |
27 | Oxyrrhynchium hians | Soil, open humus in forests, rock, rotten logs, tree bases, mesic to wet conditions, deep shade to sunny places | Eurhynchium hians,Oxyrrhynchium hians subsp. rappii,O. rappii | Hypnum hians |
28 | Pseudoscleropodium purum | Lawns of urban areas, cemeteries, forest edges, discarded lawn clippings | Scleropodium purum | Hypnum purum |
29 | Rhynchostegium aquaticum | Rock, running water of small streams and springs, beds of waterfalls, seepy cliffs, limestone areas | Platyhypnidium aquaticum,Rhynchostegium obtusifolium,R. subrusciforme | Hypnum aquaticum |
30 | Sciuro-hypnum hylotapetum | Litter, duff, rotten wood, rock and mineral soil in coniferous forests | Brachythecium hylotapetum | |
31 | Sciuro-hypnum latifolium | Rock, soil, wet, more or less open places, Arctic, alpine or northern boreal habitats, among other mosses, wet tundra, rich fens | B. nelsonii,Sciuro-hypnum nelsonii | Brachythecium latifolium |
32 | Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium | Duff, decaying wood, humus, mineral soil, thin soil layers over rock | Brachythecium collinum var. holzingeri,B. holzingeri,B. oedipodium | Hypnum oedipodium |
33 | Sciuro-hypnum plumosum | Rock along creeks, temporarily submerged, wet, shaded rock cliffs and outcrops, wet soil, bark of tree bases | Brachythecium plumosum,Eurhynchium semiasperum | Hypnum plumosum |
34 | Sciuro-hypnum populeum | Rock, granitic boulders, limestone, concrete, base and trunks of deciduous trees, soil, exposed or moderately shaded, dry habitats | Brachythecium populeum | Hypnum populeum |
35 | Sciuro-hypnum reflexum | Base of trees, hardwoods, conifers, wood and litter in boreal and hemiboreal forests | Hypnum reflexum | |
36 | Scleropodium cespitans | Tree bases, tree roots, rotten logs, rock | Scleropodium apocladum | Hypnum cespitans |
37 | Scleropodium obtusifolium | Rock and soil in wet places, temporarily submerged, along streams and small creek banks | Stereodon obtusifolius | |
38 | Scleropodium occidentale | Sub aqua tic habitats | ||
39 | Scleropodium touretii var. colpophyllum | Soil banks, soil over rock, concrete, rotten logs | Scleropodium colpophyllum | Eurhynchium colpophyllum |
40 | Scleropodium touretii var. touretii | Shady grassy soil, shaded rock | Hypnum touretii | |
Sum |
Trying to combine data sources from Bryophyte Portal and Flora of North America for Bryaceae.
# | Species | Authority | Publication title | Publication year | Habitat | Elevation | FNA Page | Bryoportal Distribution Map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anomobryum concinnatum | (Spruce) Lindberg | Öfvers Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. | 1861 | Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
2 | Anomobryum julaceum | (Schrader ex P. Gaertner | Syn. Musc. Eur., | 1860 | Acidic seepy or damp soil, soil over rock, ledges | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
3 | Bryum blindii | Bruch & Schimper | Bryol. Europ. | 1846 | Calcareous mineral soil, soil banks, cold-temperate to arctic-alpine regions | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
4 | Bryum calobryoides | J. R. Spence | Bryologist | 1987 | Calcareous damp soil, rock | moderate to high elevations (1000-3000 m) | here | here |
5 | Bryum lanatum | (P. Beauvois) Bridel | Muscol. Recent., suppl. | 1817 | Soil, soil over rock, rock in dry climates | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | here | here |
6 | Bryum oblongum | Lindberg | Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. | 1883 | Neutral mineral soil, soil banks, boreal to arctic-alpine regions | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | here | here |
7 | Gemmabryum barnesii | (J. B. Wood ex Schimper) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2007 | Dry to damp soil, sandy disturbed sites | low to moderate elevations (0-1200 m) | here | here |
8 | Gemmabryum caespiticium | (Hedwig) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2009 | Disturbed soil, earth banks, rotten wood, rock, disturbed habitats | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
9 | Gemmabryum dichotomum | (Hedwig) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay | Phytologia | 2005 | Dry to moist soil, soil over rock | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | here | here |
10 | Gemmabryum subapiculatum | (Hampe) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay | Phytologia | 2005 | Disturbed dry to damp soil, soil over siliceous rock, agricultural fields">here | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | here | |
11 | Gemmabryum tenuisetum | (Limpricht) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay | Phytologia | 2005 | Damp to drying acidic soil | low to moderate elevations (0-600 m) | here | here |
12 | Gemmabryum violaceum | (Crundwell & Nyholm) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2007 | Damp soil, soil over rock, disturbed sites | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | here | here |
13 | Imbribryum gemmiparum | (De Notaris) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2007 | Damp to wet calcareous soil, soil over rock, associated with springs | low to high elevations (0-1800 m) | here | here |
14 | Imbribryum miniatum | (Lesquereux) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2007 | Damp to wet siliceous rock, soil over rock, associated with waterfalls or springs | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | here | here |
15 | Imbribryum muehlenbeckii | (Bruch & Schimper) N. Pedersen | Bryologist | 2005 | Damp shaded siliceous rock, soil in rock crevices, montane | moderate to high elevations (500-3000 m) | here | here |
16 | Plagiobryum demissum | (Hooker) Lindberg | Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. | 1863 | Moist, basic cliffs, humus soil in tundra | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | here | here |
17 | Plagiobryum zieri | (Dickson ex Hedwig) Lindberg | Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. | 1863 | Ledges, crevices of moist or wet cliff faces, near waterfalls, substrates including basalt, shale, limestone | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
18 | Ptychostomum archangelicum | (Bruch & Schimper) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Dry calcareous soil in arctic tundra, alpine regions to the south | low to high elevations | here | here |
19 | Ptychostomum arcticum | (R. Brown) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Moist soil banks, wet soil | low to high elevations (0-4500 m) | here | here |
20 | Ptychostomum bimum | (Schreber) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, soil over rock, rock | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
21 | Ptychostomum cernuum | (Hedwig) Hornschuch | Syll. Pl. Nov. | 1822 | Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, calcareous habitats | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
22 | Ptychostomum creberrimum | (Taylor) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay | Phytologia | 2005 | Damp to dry soil, soil over rock | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
23 | Ptychostomum cryophilum | (Mårtensson) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, rock in streams, wetlands, late melting snow beds | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | here | here |
24 | Ptychostomum cyclophyllum | (Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet sandy or organic soil, along streams, wetlands | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
25 | Ptychostomum inclinatum | (Swartz ex Bridel) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Capsules mature Jun-Aug. Dry soil, alpine or arctic tundra, circumpolar arctic-alpine,low to high elevations | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
26 | Ptychostomum intermedium | (Bridel) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, boreal-temperate areas | moderate elevations (1000-1500 m) | here | here |
27 | Ptychostomum knowltonii | (Barnes) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil in arctic-alpine | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
28 | Ptychostomum lonchocaulon | (Müller Hal.) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Dry to damp soil | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
29 | Ptychostomum meesioides | (Kindberg) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, often calcareous | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
30 | Ptychostomum neodamense | (Itzigsohn) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, soil over rock, often calcareous | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
31 | Ptychostomum pallens | (Swartz) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, calcareous | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | here | here |
32 | Ptychostomum pallescens | (Schleicher ex Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Damp to wet soil | low to high elevations (0-3300 m) | here | here |
33 | Ptychostomum pendulum | Hornschuch | Syll. Pl. Nov. | 1822 | Dry calcareous soil or rock | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
34 | Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum | (Hedwig) J. R. Spence & H. P. Ramsay ex Holyoak & N. Pedersen | J. Bryol. | 2007 | Wet soil, soil over rock, rock, fens | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
35 | Ptychostomum schleicheri | (Schwagrichen) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, along streams, seepy tundra slopes, late snowmelt areas | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | here | here |
36 | Ptychostomum turbinatum | (Hedwig) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil in calcareous wetlands | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
37 | Ptychostomum weigelii | (Sprengel) J. R. Spence | Phytologia | 2005 | Wet soil, wetlands, along streams | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | here | here |
38 | Rhodobryum roseum | (Hedwig) Limpricht | Laubm. Deutschl. | 1892 | Rich soil, humus, litter, coastal tundra, shrublands, forests | low to moderate elevations (0-300 m) | here | here |
39 | Rosulabryum canariense | (Bridel) Ochyra | Biodivers. Poland | 2003 | Moist soil banks, soil over rock | low to high elevations (0-1600 m) | here | here |
40 | Rosulabryum capillare | (Hedwig) J. R. Spence | Bryologist | 1996 | Moist shaded soil, soil banks, rotting wood | low to high elevations (0-2500 m) | here | here |
41 | Rosulabryum elegans | (Nees) Ochyra | Biodivers. Poland | 2003 | Calcareous rock, soil, mountains | moderate to high elevations (1000-4000 m) | here | here |
42 | Rosulabryum erythroloma | (Kindberg) J. R. Spence | Novon | 2009 | Moist shaded soil, soil banks, rotting wood, lowland forests, protected sites near Pacific coast | low to moderate elevations (0-500 m) | here | here |
43 | Rosulabryum gemmascens | (Kindberg) J. R. Spence | Novon | 2009 | Exposed to shaded soil, soil over rock, rotting wood | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | here | here |
44 | Rosulabryum laevifilum | (Syed) Ochyra | Biodivers. Poland | 2003 | Bark, rotten wood, rock, soil | low to high elevations (0-2500 m) | here | here |
45 | Rosulabryum rubens | (Mitten) J. R. Spence | Novon | 2009 | Disturbed soil, concrete | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | here | here |
46 | Rosulabryum torquescens | (Bruch ex De Notaris) J. R. Spence | Bryologist | 1996 | Soil, rock, rotting wood | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | here | here |
All data pulled from the Flora of North America Website/Database using their queries. Elevation data seems very wonky-- lots of sea level Dicranum not listed at sea level, lots of montane at sea level-- probably artifact of behaviour of entire species range (outside of BC, too).
Species | Elevation | Habitat | Map Link |
Dicranum acutifolium | 700-2500 m | Somewhat calcareous soil, boulders, rock outcrops and cliff ledges, sometimes humus, rarely rotten logs | Here |
Dicranum bonjeanii | 60-1300 m | Mainly in eutrophic fens, sometimes on calcareous soil or rock | Here |
Dicranum brevifolium | 70-3700 m | Humus or soil over rock, rarely rotted wood, exposed to protected bluffs or cliffs | Here |
Dicranum elongatum | 30-3700 m | Common in arctic or alpine tundra, soil, rocks or soil over rocks, rock ledges, cliff shelves, rarely decayed wood and stumps, sometimes in bogs and fens | Here |
Dicranum flagellare | 0-1300 m | Rotting wood, especially stumps and logs, base of trees, exposed tree roots, soil or humus over boulders usually in mesic woods, sometimes swamps and bogs | Here |
Dicranum fragilifolium | 30-1900 m | Rotten logs and stumps, humic soil, humus over rocks, usually in coniferous woods, occasionally in mixed woods and bogs | Here |
Dicranum groenlandicum | 10-3800 m | Arctic or alpine tundra, soil, humus or rocks, sometimes in bogs and fens | Here |
Dicranum howellii | 20-600 m | Soil, humus, humus over rock, rotting logs and stumps, tree trunks and bases of trees, sometimes in bogs | Here |
Dicranum leioneuron | 10-1100 m | Primarily in hummocks in ombrotrophic and oligotrophic peatlands | Here |
Dicranum montanum | 0-2800 m | Rotting stumps and logs, tree bases (usually deciduous trees), occasionally soil or humus over rock, especially boulders and cliff ledges, in dry to mesic woods, rarely swamps | Here |
Dicranum muehlenbeckii | 10-3100 m | Humus and sandy soil on cliffs, bluffs, often over boulders and among rocks in open woods or exposed sites | Here |
Dicranum pallidisetum | 500-2000 m | Humus or soil over rock, rarely rotting logs or decayed wood | Here |
Dicranum polysetum | 10-2100 m | Commonly on humus, soil over acidic or calcareous rock, and decaying wood in deciduous or more often coniferous forests, occasionally in bogs, fens, and swamps | Here |
Dicranum scoparium | 50-2900 m | Soil, humus, humus over rock, decaying stumps and logs, tree bases in dry to mesic woodlands, sometimes bogs, fens and swamps | Here |
Dicranum spadiceum | 10-2300 m | Fens, wet meadows, willow thickets, or humus or soil on or around rocks at lake margins, occasionally drier habitats, such as beach ridges | Here |
Dicranum tauricum | 150-2200 m | Frequently on rotten logs, stumps, or tree bases in woodlands, sometimes on humus or humus over rock | Here |
Dicranum undulatum | 10-2200 m | Usually in wet habitats, especially bogs in Sphagnum hummocks, fens, swamps, marshes, margins of lakes, sometimes on or among rocks, rock outcrops and cliffs, occasionally in mesic woods or on dry bluffs on soil, rotten wood, or humus | Here |
Earlier today I posted a list of mosses that are known from herbarium records but not yet observed in BC in the iNaturalist system. After some futzing around with query formats and synonymy and missing data, I have been able to pull habitat and elevation data from the Flora of North America project by querying Moss Species in BC. Some of the data is missing because it was never entered for FNA, but the pasted list below represents all the taxa that have yet to be photographed in BC in iNaturalist. Hopefully it will help if anyone is trying to target. You could probably cut and paste the table and re-sort in your spreadsheet of choice.
Family | Species | Altitude | Habitat |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylium bambergeri | low to high elevations (0-2500 m) | Seepage habitats, dry tundra, open conifer forests, mainly calcicolous |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylium protensum | low to high elevations | Mineral-rich wetland habitats, lowlands in swampy forests, open habitats at higher elevations, lake and stream shores |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylophyllopsis hispidula | low to high elevations (0-1700 m) | Lowlands, soil, tree bases, decaying wood, forests, sheltered habitats |
Amblystegiaceae | Conardia compacta | Damp cliffs, limestone, swamps on logs, stumps, humus, bark at base of trees,low to high elevations | |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanium fastigiatum | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | Obligate calcicole, on relatively plane surfaces of cliffs and boulders, particularly where humidity is persistent |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanocladus angustifolius | low to high elevations | Mountains, forested and open habitats, rich fens, shallow, wet depressions on lime-rich ground, late snow-bed vegetation |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanocladus turgescens | low to high elevations | Open, non-forested areas, lime-rich wetland habitats, small fens, small depressions in soil or on flat limestone rock, along rills or on rock flushed with calcium-rich water, submerged in small lakes or pools |
Amblystegiaceae | Hygroamblystegium fluviatile | ||
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum alpestre | moderate elevations (700-1400 m) | Irrigated, emergent acidic rock in montane and northern streams |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum alpinum | moderate elevations (200-900 m) | Irrigated emergent, acidic rock in montane streams |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum norvegicum | moderate to high elevations (600-1700 m) | Irrigated acidic rock in montane streams |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum smithii | moderate to high elevations (500-3100 m) | Irrigated to emergent acidic rock in montane streams, rock, wood, in slow moving water or ponds |
Amblystegiaceae | Pseudocampylium radicale | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Humus, litter, mineral-rich and eutrophic wet meadows and swamps, under dense grass and sedge vegetation |
Amblystegiaceae | Tomentypnum falcifolium | low to high elevations | Acidic, oligotrophic environments, with Sphagnum species on hummocks and turfs |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea alpina | low to moderate elevations | Rock or soil in streams |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea heinemannii | low to moderate elevations | Acidic rocks |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea mutabilis | moderate elevations | Acidic rock faces, occasionally thin soil |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea schofieldiana | moderate elevations | Dry rock outcrops |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea sinuosa | low to moderate elevations | Acidic rock in snow beds |
Andreaeobryaceae | Andreaeobryum macrosporum | low to high elevations | Calcareous rock in Arctic and subarctic areas |
Aongstroemiaceae | Dichodontium olympicum | moderate to high elevations (1000-2200 m) | Wet soil or soil over rock, montane areas, especially associated with melting snow |
Aulacomniaceae | Aulacomnium acuminatum | low to moderate elevations | Arctic tundra meadows, hummocks, polygon edges, organic or mineral soil, calcareous sites, deep canyons |
Bartramiaceae | Philonotis marchica | low to high elevations (30-3000 m) | Rock, soil, wet places, roadsides, springs |
Bartramiaceae | Philonotis yezoana | low to high elevations (0-2700 m) | Rocky cliffs, steep slopes, wet or dry sites |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachytheciastrum leibergii | moderate to high elevations (800-2300 m) | Soil, humus, litter, decaying logs, stumps, tree bases, rock, conifer forests, shrubs |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachytheciastrum trachypodium | ||
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium campestre | ||
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium cirrosum | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | Wet cliffs, rock outcrops, soil in arctic and mountain tundra, among other mosses |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium erythrorrhizon | ||
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium hultenii | low to moderate elevations (0-300 m) | Soil, rock, cliff bases, under dense Alnus canopy, bottom of gullies, sides of brooks, moderate to strong shade, wet to mesic places |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium rotaeanum | low to high elevations (0-2900 m) | Trees, bases and inclined trunks, fresh logs, soil, rock |
Brachytheciaceae | Claopodium pellucinerve | low to high elevations | Pockets or crevices of shaded cliffs, limestone boulders, humus at cliff bases |
Brachytheciaceae | Homalothecium nevadense | low to high elevations (0-3100 m) | Calcareous rock, quartzite, granite, rotten logs, trunks, soil, forests, open areas |
Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium | low to high elevations (40-3700 m) | Duff, decaying wood, humus, mineral soil, thin soil layers over rock |
Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum populeum | low to high elevations (10-2000 m) | Rock, granitic boulders, limestone, concrete, base and trunks of deciduous trees, soil, exposed or moderately shaded, dry habitats |
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium californicum | ||
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium julaceum | ||
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium occidentale | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | Sub aqua tic habitats |
Bruchiaceae | Trematodon montanus | ||
Bryaceae | Bryum blindii | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | Calcareous mineral soil, soil banks, cold-temperate to arctic-alpine regions |
Bryaceae | Bryum lanatum | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | Soil, soil over rock, rock in dry climates |
Bryaceae | Bryum oblongum | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | Neutral mineral soil, soil banks, boreal to arctic-alpine regions |
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum radiculosum | ||
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum ruderale | ||
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum tenuisetum | low to moderate elevations (0-600 m) | Damp to drying acidic soil |
Bryaceae | Haplodontium macrocarpum | ||
Bryaceae | Imbribryum gemmiparum | low to high elevations (0-1800 m) | Damp to wet calcareous soil, soil over rock, associated with springs |
Bryaceae | Plagiobryum demissum | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | Moist, basic cliffs, humus soil in tundra |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum archangelicum | low to high elevations | Dry calcareous soil in arctic tundra, alpine regions to the south |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum arcticum | low to high elevations (0-4500 m) | Moist soil banks, wet soil |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum bimum | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Wet soil, soil over rock, rock |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cernuum | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, calcareous habitats |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum compactum | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | Dry calcareous soil or rock |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cryophilum | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | Wet soil, rock in streams, wetlands, late melting snow beds |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cyclophyllum | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Wet sandy or organic soil, along streams, wetlands |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum inclinatum | Capsules mature Jun-Aug. Dry soil, alpine or arctic tundra, circumpolar arctic-alpine,low to high elevations (0-4400 m) | |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum intermedium | moderate elevations (1000-1500 m) | Wet soil, boreal-temperate areas |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum knowltonii | low to high elevations (0-4000 m) | Wet soil in arctic-alpine |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum lonchocaulon | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | Dry to damp soil |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum meesioides | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Wet soil, along streams, wetlands, often calcareous |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum neodamense | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Wet soil, soil over rock, often calcareous |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum turbinatum | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | Wet soil in calcareous wetlands |
Bryaceae | Rhodobryum roseum | low to moderate elevations (0-300 m) | Rich soil, humus, litter, coastal tundra, shrublands, forests |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum elegans | moderate to high elevations (1000-4000 m) | Calcareous rock, soil, mountains |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum sanguilentum | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | Exposed to shaded soil, soil over rock, rotting wood |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum torquescens | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | Soil, rock, rotting wood |
Calliergonaceae | Loeskypnum wickesiae | low to high elevations | Open, intermediately mineral-rich, mostly dry wetlands, fens, seepages |
Calliergonaceae | Warnstorfia pseudostraminea | low to high elevations (0-2200 m) | Mineral-poor and acid habitats (disturbed), slightly sloping poor fens, ditches, periodically water-filled depressions |
Climaciaceae | Pleuroziopsis ruthenica | low to moderate elevations (10-600 m) | Humus on ground or logs along creeks and rivers, moist, shaded habitats |
Daltoniaceae | Daltonia splachnoides | low to moderate elevations (0-300 m) | Base of trees, fallen branches, trunks of shrubs and trees, forests, foggy, hyperoceanic areas |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum fragilifolium | 30-1900 m | Rotten logs and stumps, humic soil, humus over rocks, usually in coniferous woods, occasionally in mixed woods and bogs |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum leioneuron | 10-1100 m | Primarily in hummocks in ombrotrophic and oligotrophic peatlands |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum muehlenbeckii | 10-3100 m | Humus and sandy soil on cliffs, bluffs, often over boulders and among rocks in open woods or exposed sites |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum spadiceum | 10-2300 m | Fens, wet meadows, willow thickets, or humus or soil on or around rocks at lake margins, occasionally drier habitats, such as beach ridges |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella cerviculata | low to medium elevations | Disturbed sand, clay, or peaty soil, often on roadbanks |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella crispa | medium to high elevations | Moist, often sandy or silty soil |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella subulata | Damp soil on banks, often in rocky places at low to medium elevations | |
Diphysciaceae | Diphyscium foliosum | low to moderate elevations (50-1000 m) | Soil banks and soil of forest floors, also in tundras |
Disceliaceae | Discelium nudum | low to moderate elevations (5-1500 m) | Moist silty to fine sandy banks of somewhat shaded sites |
Ditrichaceae | Pleuridium subulatum | low to moderate elevations | Tufts on wet sandy soil in roadside ditches and moist habitats |
Ditrichaceae | Pseudephemerum nitidum | low to moderate elevations | Damp soil, silt hammocks in grassy areas near river banks |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta brevicolla | Soil in open montane and alpine habitats | |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta brevipes | Scattered, on basic soils intermixed with other species in the northwestern area of the flora | |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta longicolla | Somewhat restricted to mesic habitats with calcareous soils | |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta mutica | Disturbed, exposed soil or soil over rocks | |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta spathulata | Forming extensive mats on calcareous soils of disturbed sites | |
Entodontaceae | Entodon concinnus | low to high elevations | Soil, rock, calcareous areas |
Entodontaceae | Entodon schleicheri | ||
Fabroniaceae | Fabronia pusilla | low to high elevations | Rock, bark at base of trees |
Fissidentaceae | Fissidens fontanus | Attached to various substrata in stagnant and flowing water, and in coastal estuaries | |
Fissidentaceae | Fissidens osmundoides | ||
Funariaceae | Entosthodon rubiginosus | moderate elevations | Sandy or silt-rich soil along river banks, gullies, seepage slopes, alkaline sloughs, and washes |
Funariaceae | Physcomitrium immersum | moderate to high elevations | Wet soil in disturbed places |
Grimmiaceae | Bucklandiella lawtoniae | low to moderate elevations (0-800 m) | Humid or wet, mostly shaded acidic rocks, boulders, cliffs and rock outcrops near streams and waterfalls |
Grimmiaceae | Bucklandiella obesa | moderate to high elevations (600-1800 m) | Dry rocks, stones, boulders, cliffs, rock ledges, rocky ground and soil over rocks, predominantly on acidic substrates, very seldom on limestone |
Grimmiaceae | Coscinodon cribrosus | low to high elevations (0-3300 m) | Acidic, dry sandstone, shale, and granitic boulders and bedrock exposures but also found on volcanic outcrops and granodiorites |
Grimmiaceae | Coscinodon yukonensis | moderate to high elevations (1500-1700 m) | Siliceous or granite-slate outcrops |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia anomala | moderate to high elevations (200-3000 m) | Exposed, damp acidic rock in boreal and alpine meadows and slopes |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia arcuatifolia | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | Loose tufts on dry boulders |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia caespiticia | moderate to high elevations (1200-3500 m) | Exposed, dry to moist, acidic granite and quartzite, alpine |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia crinitoleucophaea | moderate to high elevations (500-2100 m) | Basalt, granite, schist and limestone |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia donniana | moderate to high elevations (800-3700 m) | Exposed, acidic granite and sandstone, forests, tundra |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia elatior | moderate to high elevations (500-4500 m) | Exposed, dry acidic rock and occasionally basic limestone |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia incurva | moderate to high elevations (500-2500 m) | Shaded damp, acidic rock |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia mollis | moderate to high elevations (1000-4100 m) | Wet acidic rocks in alpine and boreal habitats |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia moxleyi | ||
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia muehlenbeckii | moderate to high elevations (200-2000 m) | Shaded acidic rock, often along lakes |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia sessitana | moderate to high elevations (1100-3900 m) | Exposed or sheltered, moist, acidic granite and sandstone, alpine |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia unicolor | moderate to high elevations (200-2000 m) | Cracks of wet acidic, siliceous rocks especially along streams or splash zones of lake shores |
Grimmiaceae | Niphotrichum pygmaeum | moderate to high elevations (1900-2500 m) | Dry and open acidic ground in alpine heaths |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium agassizii | low to high elevations (0-3600 m) | Wet or dry rocks in or along water courses and lakes |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium confertum | moderate to high elevations (1000-3200 m) | Rocks in somewhat shaded habitats |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium flaccidum | ||
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium pulchrum | low to high elevations (0-2500 m) | Rocks in somewhat shaded habitats |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium relictum | ||
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium robustum | moderate to high elevations (400-2100 m) | Dry to periodically moist calcareous rock |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium squarrosum | ||
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium strictum | low to moderate elevations (0-400 m) | Rock in open to shaded habitats |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium subjulaceum | moderate to high elevations (1000-1600 m) | Wet to dry rocks in or along water courses or in periodically wet sites such as in crevices or on ledges, rarely on rocks well away from wet areas |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium tenerum | low to high elevations (0-4500 m) | Exposed to semi-shaded rock, often forms rather extensive patches, especially in and along rock crevices |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium teretinerve | moderate to high elevations (200-1700 m) | Moist calcareous sandstone, limestone and dolomite outcrops |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium trichodon | low to high elevations (0-3500 m) | Usually on calcareous rock (collected once on acidic rock in Washington State), open to shaded habitats |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium venetum | low elevations (0-100 m) | Wet ground of arctic fens, tundra, and drainage channels |
Helodiaceae | Helodium paludosum | low to moderate elevations | Hydric soil of fens, marshes, hummocks in swamps, logs, base and roots of Alnus, seepages, depressions in wet woods and thickets, grassy wet meadows and bottomlands, wet tree bases, Taxodium distichum swamps in southern areas, near springs, dry soil, seasonally submerged, seasonally wet areas, dry sinkhole ponds, top of hills and mountains in brushy marshes |
Hylocomiaceae | Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Soil, humus, old logs, rock in moist forests, rarely fens, and tundra, often along streams or beside waterfalls |
Hylocomiaceae | Hylocomiastrum umbratum | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | Soil, humus, old logs, and rock in moist forests, especially under spruce and fir |
Hypnaceae | Gollania turgens | moderate to high elevations (700-4800 m) | Boreal forest zone to arctic tundra, wet or moist rock, often calcareous |
Jocheniaceae | Jochenia pallescens | ||
Leskeaceae | Haplocladium microphyllum | low to high elevations (0-2500 m) | Damp wood, rock, humus, soil in woodlands |
Leucobryaceae | Campylopus schimperi | in alpine elevations, 2700-3400 m | Soil in tundra habitats |
Leucobryaceae | Campylopus sinensis | ca. 60 m | Usually on soil and rocks |
Meesiaceae | Amblyodon dealbatus | low to high elevations | Rotting wood, organic soil, rich fens scattered across boreal zone |
Meesiaceae | Meesia longiseta | low to high elevations | Calcareous soil banks, rich fens, boreal, alpine, and arctic habitats |
Micromitriaceae | Micromitrium tenerum | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | Bare soil in old fields, drying ponds, moist or swampy woods, banks of streams |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium arcticum | low to moderate elevations | Calciphile, fens, bogs, marshes |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium latifolium | low to moderate elevations | Wet tundra soil in rich fens and marshes, often calcareous |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium stygium | low to moderate elevations | Fens, alpine seeps, in shoreline pools |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium subrotundum | low to moderate elevations | Peat and deep organic soil to shallow wet mineral soil on rock in fens, along river banks |
Mniaceae | Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides | low to moderate elevations | Dry or moist calcareous sites, rock ledges, crevices, under forest cover, in the Arctic on low hummocks in wetlands or in cracks in dry to mesic soil |
Mniaceae | Cyrtomnium hymenophyllum | low to moderate elevations | Wet, calcareous, peaty habitats, rich fens, drainage slopes with percolating water |
Mniaceae | Mielichhoferia elongata | low to high elevations | Rock, soil, substrates naturally enriched with heavy metals, mine tailings |
Mniaceae | Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana | low to high elevations | Rock crevices, soil banks, roadsides |
Mniaceae | Pohlia andalusica | low to high elevations | Acid, gravelly or sandy disturbed soil, path banks, stream banks |
Mniaceae | Pohlia atropurpurea | low elevations | Disturbed clay or rarely sandy soil, path banks, along streams |
Mniaceae | Pohlia bolanderi | low to high elevations | Dry alpine soil, soil-filled rock crevices |
Mniaceae | Pohlia camptotrachela | low to high elevations | Acid, gravelly or sandy disturbed soil, path banks, stream banks |
Mniaceae | Pohlia cardotii | high elevations | Soil in mesic alpine and subalpine zones |
Mniaceae | Pohlia columbica | low elevations | Disturbed soil, along streams |
Mniaceae | Pohlia crudoides | low to high elevations | Soil, tundra, on banks and in depressions |
Mniaceae | Pohlia erecta | high elevations | Soil in mesic alpine and subalpine zones |
Mniaceae | Pohlia filum | low to high elevations | Gravelly, organic-poor soil, glacial outwash, roadsides |
Mniaceae | Pohlia lescuriana | ||
Mniaceae | Pohlia longicolla | moderate to high elevations | Humus-rich soil banks, along streams and paths |
Mniaceae | Pohlia ludwigii | high elevations | Soil, late snowmelt areas in alpine and subalpine zones |
Mniaceae | Pohlia melanodon | ||
Mniaceae | Pohlia obtusifolia | high elevations | Soil, often in late snowmelt areas in alpine and subalpine zones |
Mniaceae | Pohlia vexans | low to moderate elevations | Disturbed clay or rarely sandy soil, path banks, along streams |
Mniaceae | Pseudobryum cinclidioides | Moist soil or humus in swamps, fens, wet meadows, streams, wet depressions in forests, boulders, tree roots | |
Mniaceae | Rhizomnium gracile | low elevations | Muskegs, bogs, seeps, cliff crevices, moist soil, peat, humus |
Mniaceae | Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum | low to moderate elevations | Wetlands, calcareous and rich in nutrients, swamps, fens, seeps on moist soil, peat, humus |
Myriniaceae | Myrinia pulvinata | low to high elevations (0-1700 m) | Areas submerged at flood level, base of trees or shrubs, willows, edges of ponds or stream valleys |
Myuriaceae | Ctenidium schofieldii | low to moderate elevations | Soil, rock, cliffs, humus, canyons |
Orthotrichaceae | Lewinskya elegans | moderate elevations (200-1000 m) | Deciduous trees, especially Populus, conifers |
Orthotrichaceae | Lewinskya pylaisii | low to high elevations (100- 3000 m) | Rock near oceans or alpine or arctic zones, on Salix or Alnus, bone, in or near bird rookeries, granitic boulders in coniferous forests |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum alpestre | high elevations (2100-3000 m) | Rock, trees, base of trees, moist crevices of large boulders, moist pine and deciduous forests |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum cucullatum | ||
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum hallii | moderate to high elevations (200-3000 m) | Rock, usually limestone or calcareous sandstone, granite, quartzite, basalt, trunks of deciduous trees, open pine forests, spruce-fir forests, deciduous scrub oak-maple forests, vertical canyon walls, shaded cliff faces |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum pallens | ||
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum pumilum | ||
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum rivulare | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | Exposed tree roots, base of trees along streams, siliceous boulders at edges of streams and rivers, frequently inundated rock, aquatic habitats |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota barclayi | low elevations | Tree trunks and branches |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota curvifolia | low to high elevations | Acidic rock in montane and subarctic areas |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota drummondii | low elevations | Twigs and trunks of conifer and deciduous trees, dense coastal forests |
Orthotrichaceae | Zygodon gracilis | high elevations | Calcareous rock, alpine and subalpine regions |
Plagiotheciaceae | Herzogiella seligeri | moderate to high elevations (300-1900 m) | Coniferous or Alnus-Acer woods, rotten logs, base of trees |
Plagiotheciaceae | Herzogiella turfacea | ||
Plagiotheciaceae | Isopterygiopsis catagonioides | ||
Plagiotheciaceae | Myurella tenerrima | low to high elevations | Moist calcareous habitats, fens, rock crevices, tundra meadows |
Plagiotheciaceae | Orthothecium intricatum | moderate elevations (200-1500 m) | Moist shaded calcareous soil, granite, schist, limestone, rock ledges, vertical cliff faces, tundra |
Plagiotheciaceae | Orthothecium strictum | low to high elevations (10-2800 m) | Moist tundra, humus, soil, rock ledges, crevices |
Polytrichaceae | Atrichum flavisetum | low to moderate elevations | Banks or stumps in woods, roots of fallen trees, ravines in crevices of rock outcrops |
Polytrichaceae | Atrichum tenellum | low to moderate elevations | Clay or sandy soil, especially in exposed habitats, beside streams, in roadside ditches, along trails and clearings in woodlands |
Polytrichaceae | Polytrichastrum sphaerothecium | ||
Polytrichaceae | Polytrichum perigoniale | ||
Pottiaceae | Acaulon muticum | ||
Pottiaceae | Acaulon triquetrum | ||
Pottiaceae | Aloina brevirostris | low to moderate elevations (100-1500 m) | Bare or disturbed soil or silt, roadside banks, calcareous boulders or gravel |
Pottiaceae | Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum | moderate elevations | Soil on largely acid rock, sandy soil, grassland steppe or ledges and bluffs near rivers, often forming or part of crusts |
Pottiaceae | Chionoloma recurvifolium | Not fruiting in range of the flora. Wet, organic soil | |
Pottiaceae | Crossidium aberrans | ||
Pottiaceae | Didymodon maschalogena | low to high elevations | Soil, rock, spray zone |
Pottiaceae | Didymodon nigrescens | low to moderate elevations (0-700 m) | Limestone, frostboils, outcrops, cliff faces, often near streams and waterfalls |
Pottiaceae | Didymodon subandreaeoides | moderate to high elevations (600-3500 m) | Limestone outcrops, cliffs, bluffs, soil pockets in granite, tundra, along streams or associated with waterfalls |
Pottiaceae | Geheebia gigantea | low to moderate elevations (20-1000 m) | Soil, cliff, slopes, lichen tundra, ledges, moist areas |
Pottiaceae | Geheebia leskeoides | moderate elevations | Spray zone of falls, alpine tundra, damp cliff shelf |
Pottiaceae | Hennediella heimii | ||
Pottiaceae | Hilpertia velenovskyi | Calcareous silt and shrub steppe | |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella asperifolia | moderate to high elevations (500-3700 m) | Calcareous or acid rock, moist calcareous soil, peatland, streamside, alpine |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella fragilicuspis | low to moderate elevations | Willow limbs and dead tree bark |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella johansenii | ||
Pottiaceae | Hydrogonium amplexifolium | moderate to high elevations (700-1800 m) | Rock, often limestone, occasionally sandstone, usually in moist areas, mountain slopes, cliffs, tundra, mist zone of waterfalls |
Pottiaceae | Hydrogonium gregarium | ||
Pottiaceae | Microbryum vlassovii | 0 | Substrate and elevational range unknown |
Pottiaceae | Molendoa sendtneriana | low to high elevations (100-2000 m) | Limestone, occasionally conglomerate, sandstone, basalt, clay, soil or siliceous rock, cliff faces, gorge walls, boulders, streamsides, seepage and humid places, warm temperate areas to Arctic tundra |
Pottiaceae | Pseudocrossidium obtusulum | low to moderate elevations 30-1100 m | Soil, calcareous outcrops |
Pottiaceae | Pterygoneurum lamellatum | moderate elevations (500-1400 m) | Soil, rock faces |
Pottiaceae | Stegonia latifolia | ||
Pottiaceae | Syntrichia caninervis | moderate to high elevations | Soil, deserts and steppe, often forming extensive carpets |
Pottiaceae | Syntrichia papillosissima | moderate to high elevations | Dry soil, rock |
Pottiaceae | Tortella arctica | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortella humilis | low to moderate elevations | Thuja swamps and bogs, near streams, hard and softwood forests, dry, exposed or moist and shaded stations, bark at the base of trees, acid or basic substrates, rock crevices and surfaces, sandy or humic soil, organic debris, mortar and brick, concrete, maritime and inland forests |
Pottiaceae | Tortella inclinata | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortella nitida | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortella spitsbergensis | moderate elevations (400-700 m) | Gravel, fen, mire, calcareous bog, sedge meadow, low-center polygon, tundra, wet or occasionally dry areas, often associated with snow melt runnels |
Pottiaceae | Tortella tortuosa | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortula amplexa | low elevations | Soil, stones, near springs, dry washes, lowlands |
Pottiaceae | Tortula atrovirens | low to high elevations (0-2200 m) | Exposed soil, volcanic ash, rock, often calcareous |
Pottiaceae | Tortula cernua | low to moderate elevations | Soil, limestone |
Pottiaceae | Tortula guepinii | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortula laureri | high elevations (2800-3800 m) | Soil, rock crevices, especially calcareous substrates, tundra, essentially subalpine |
Pottiaceae | Tortula mucronifolia | low to high elevations (0-2700 m) | Soil, calcareous soil, silt, rock, cliffs, walls |
Pottiaceae | Tortula nevadensis | moderate to high elevations (500-3900 m) | Soil, occasional saline soil, clay |
Pottiaceae | Tortula obtusifolia | low to high elevations (0-3300 m) | Soil, rock, limestone, calcareous sandstone, stone walls, crevices, ledges |
Pottiaceae | Tortula plinthobia | ||
Pottiaceae | Tortula protobryoides | low elevations | Soil |
Pottiaceae | Tortula subulata | low to moderate elevations | Soil |
Pottiaceae | Tortula systylia | high elevations (0–3700 m) | Soil in rock crevices, tundra |
Pottiaceae | Trichostomopsis australasiae | ||
Pottiaceae | Vinealobryum eckeliae | moderate elevations | Trunk and bases of trees, soil over rock |
Pottiaceae | Vinealobryum nicholsonii | low to high elevations (50-1900 m) | Wet rocks, quartzite, wet silty sand, stream bank, canyon walls, streamside, chaparral |
Pottiaceae | Weissia brachycarpa | moderate elevations | Soil, limestone rocks, grassy areas |
Pseudoleskeaceae | Lescuraea saviana | ||
Pseudoleskeellaceae | Pseudoleskeella rupestris | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Dry shaded calcareous rock |
Ptychomitriaceae | Brachydontium olympicum | Moist, acidic boulders, montane, predominantly alpine | |
Pylaisiaceae | Aquilonium plicatulum | low to high elevations (0-2000 m) | Base and trunks of trees, logs, humus on cliff shelves and rock, forest floors, bog margins, tundra |
Pylaisiaceae | Pseudostereodon procerrimus | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | Terrestrial, calcareous open terrain, rock, cliff ledges and bases, tundra, open spruce forests, edges of sandy beaches |
Pylaisiaceae | Pylaisia intricata | moderate to high elevations | Trunks of broad-leaved trees |
Pylaisiaceae | Roaldia dolomitica | ||
Pylaisiadelphaceae | Brotherella henonii | low elevations | Humid shaded sites near streams or cliff bases in forests |
Pylaisiadelphaceae | Hageniella micans | low to moderate elevations | Rock, usually somewhat shaded, near streams |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Arctoa fulvella | moderate to high elevations | Siliceous rock or soil |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum alpestre | ||
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum glaucescens | ||
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum schisti | moderate elevations | Rock crevices, soil over rock |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium polycarpon | moderate to high elevations | Acid rock |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium strumulosum | high elevations | Soil over rock |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium tenellum | moderate elevations | Rocks, tree boles, soil |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Oreas martiana | Alpine tundra, moderate to high elevations (ca. 0–4200 m) | |
Saelaniaceae | Saelania glaucescens | moderate to high elevations | Soil on steep banks, particularly those protected by overhangs, frequent on roadsides, soil in sheltered rock crevices |
Scorpidiaceae | Hamatocaulis lapponicus | ||
Scorpidiaceae | Hygrohypnella bestii | ||
Scorpidiaceae | Hygrohypnella polaris | moderate elevations (900-1400 m) | Acidic rock in montane or high latitude streams |
Scorpidiaceae | Sanionia symmetrica | low to moderate elevations | Moist and wet habitats, forests (usually deciduous), shores of lakes and rivers, swamps, logs, stumps, tree and shrub bases, soil |
Scouleriaceae | Scouleria marginata | moderate to high elevations (1000-1800 m) | Exposed to submerged in streams or rivers, rocks, particularly granitic |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus campylopodus | Calcareous substrates | |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus recurvatus | Calcareous substrates | |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus subimmersus | Calcareous rocks | |
Seligeriaceae | Seligeria careyana | Moist protected limestone cliffs | |
Seligeriaceae | Seligeria tristichoides | Calcareous cliffs | |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum annulatum | low to high elevations | Wet carpets, lawns, and mud bottoms in poor to medium fens, in mire-wide and mire-edge habitats |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum aongstroemii | low to moderate elevations | Wet rock faces and in moist depressions, usually in open among scattered shrubs and sedges in relatively minerotrophic sites |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum contortum | low to moderate elevations | Very minerotrophic, sometimes found in slightly basic mires, intolerant of shade |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum inexspectatum | low to moderate elevations | Ecology unclear, but growing in carpets in depressions, blanket mires |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum junghuhnianum | low elevations | Shady, seepy cliffs |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum orientale | ||
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum wilfii | low to moderate elevations | Blanket mires, especially with Pinus contorta |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria acuminata | low to high elevations | Damp places, humus, rotten logs, rock |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria froelichiana | high elevations | Mesic semidisturbed sites |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria hornschuchii | ||
Splachnaceae | Tayloria splachnoides | low to moderate elevations | Humus covered rock, decaying logs, soil |
Splachnaceae | Tetraplodon pallidus | low to high elevations | Caribou or muskox dung |
Splachnaceae | Tetraplodon urceolatus | low to high elevations | Dung of carnivores, old bones, owl pellets in dry, very exposed places, open tundra, mountain summits |
Stereodontaceae | Stereodon hamulosus | ||
Stereodontaceae | Stereodon holmenii | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | Moist heaths, shrub thickets, spruce forests, calcareous substrates |
Tetraphidaceae | Tetrodontium brownianum | ||
Tetraphidaceae | Tetrodontium repandum | Often growing inverted under rock ledges or in crevices, especially in areas of high humidity sometimes mixed in with other bryophytes | |
Thuidiaceae | Echinophyllum sachalinense | low to moderate elevations | Humus over soil or rock, bark of conifers and hardwoods, rotting logs, moist coniferous forest, mesic tundra |
Timmiaceae | Timmia bavarica | ||
Timmiaceae | Timmia norvegica | ||
Timmiaceae | Timmia sibirica | low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m) | Only one sporulating specimen is known (from Alaska), but the capsules are immature. Wet or moist, predominantly calcareous sites, often near small streams, on seepage slopes, near snowmelt areas, or in depressions in open tundra, frequently intermixed with other mosses, including other species of Timmia |
There are roughly 800 moss species in British Columbia. In case anyone is interested in targeting some that have yet to be photographed in BC for the iNaturalist system, below you can find two lists.
The top list presents the 283 species known from herbarium collections but yet to have iNaturalist observations in the province.
The second list is a list of 54 species purportedly recorded for BC in iNaturalist but not present in herbarium records. I am annotating the latter with observation counts and taxonomic and range notes.
Both lists are based on 87,021 BC iNaturalist Moss records IDed to species compared against the BC conservation data center's list of mosses in the province, with names synonymized to a standard in GBIF. Errors are likely, but this should be a good first pass approximation of what is missing.
Family | Species |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylium bambergeri |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylium protensum |
Amblystegiaceae | Campylophyllopsis hispidula |
Amblystegiaceae | Conardia compacta |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanium fastigiatum |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanocladus angustifolius |
Amblystegiaceae | Drepanocladus turgescens |
Amblystegiaceae | Hygroamblystegium fluviatile |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum alpestre |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum alpinum |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum norvegicum |
Amblystegiaceae | Platyhypnum smithii |
Amblystegiaceae | Pseudocampylium radicale |
Amblystegiaceae | Tomentypnum falcifolium |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea alpina |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea heinemannii |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea mutabilis |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea schofieldiana |
Andreaeaceae | Andreaea sinuosa |
Andreaeobryaceae | Andreaeobryum macrosporum |
Aongstroemiaceae | Dichodontium olympicum |
Aulacomniaceae | Aulacomnium acuminatum |
Bartramiaceae | Philonotis marchica |
Bartramiaceae | Philonotis yezoana |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachytheciastrum leibergii |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachytheciastrum trachypodium |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium campestre |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium cirrosum |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium erythrorrhizon |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium hultenii |
Brachytheciaceae | Brachythecium rotaeanum |
Brachytheciaceae | Claopodium pellucinerve |
Brachytheciaceae | Homalothecium nevadense |
Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium |
Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum populeum |
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium californicum |
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium julaceum |
Brachytheciaceae | Scleropodium occidentale |
Bruchiaceae | Trematodon montanus |
Bryaceae | Bryum blindii |
Bryaceae | Bryum lanatum |
Bryaceae | Bryum oblongum |
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum radiculosum |
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum ruderale |
Bryaceae | Gemmabryum tenuisetum |
Bryaceae | Haplodontium macrocarpum |
Bryaceae | Imbribryum gemmiparum |
Bryaceae | Plagiobryum demissum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum archangelicum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum arcticum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum bimum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cernuum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum compactum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cryophilum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum cyclophyllum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum inclinatum |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum intermedium |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum knowltonii |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum lonchocaulon |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum meesioides |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum neodamense |
Bryaceae | Ptychostomum turbinatum |
Bryaceae | Rhodobryum roseum |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum elegans |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum sanguilentum |
Bryaceae | Rosulabryum torquescens |
Calliergonaceae | Loeskypnum wickesiae |
Calliergonaceae | Warnstorfia pseudostraminea |
Climaciaceae | Pleuroziopsis ruthenica |
Daltoniaceae | Daltonia splachnoides |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum fragilifolium |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum leioneuron |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum muehlenbeckii |
Dicranaceae | Dicranum spadiceum |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella cerviculata |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella crispa |
Dicranellaceae | Dicranella subulata |
Diphysciaceae | Diphyscium foliosum |
Disceliaceae | Discelium nudum |
Ditrichaceae | Pleuridium subulatum |
Ditrichaceae | Pseudephemerum nitidum |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta brevicolla |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta brevipes |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta longicolla |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta mutica |
Encalyptaceae | Encalypta spathulata |
Entodontaceae | Entodon concinnus |
Entodontaceae | Entodon schleicheri |
Fabroniaceae | Fabronia pusilla |
Fissidentaceae | Fissidens fontanus |
Fissidentaceae | Fissidens osmundoides |
Funariaceae | Entosthodon rubiginosus |
Funariaceae | Physcomitrium immersum |
Grimmiaceae | Bucklandiella lawtoniae |
Grimmiaceae | Bucklandiella obesa |
Grimmiaceae | Coscinodon cribrosus |
Grimmiaceae | Coscinodon yukonensis |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia anomala |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia arcuatifolia |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia caespiticia |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia crinitoleucophaea |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia donniana |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia elatior |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia incurva |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia mollis |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia moxleyi |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia muehlenbeckii |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia sessitana |
Grimmiaceae | Grimmia unicolor |
Grimmiaceae | Niphotrichum pygmaeum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium agassizii |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium confertum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium flaccidum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium pulchrum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium relictum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium robustum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium squarrosum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium strictum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium subjulaceum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium tenerum |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium teretinerve |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium trichodon |
Grimmiaceae | Schistidium venetum |
Helodiaceae | Helodium paludosum |
Hylocomiaceae | Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum |
Hylocomiaceae | Hylocomiastrum umbratum |
Hypnaceae | Gollania turgens |
Jocheniaceae | Jochenia pallescens |
Leskeaceae | Haplocladium microphyllum |
Leucobryaceae | Campylopus schimperi |
Leucobryaceae | Campylopus sinensis |
Meesiaceae | Amblyodon dealbatus |
Meesiaceae | Meesia longiseta |
Micromitriaceae | Micromitrium tenerum |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium arcticum |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium latifolium |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium stygium |
Mniaceae | Cinclidium subrotundum |
Mniaceae | Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides |
Mniaceae | Cyrtomnium hymenophyllum |
Mniaceae | Mielichhoferia elongata |
Mniaceae | Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana |
Mniaceae | Pohlia andalusica |
Mniaceae | Pohlia atropurpurea |
Mniaceae | Pohlia bolanderi |
Mniaceae | Pohlia camptotrachela |
Mniaceae | Pohlia cardotii |
Mniaceae | Pohlia columbica |
Mniaceae | Pohlia crudoides |
Mniaceae | Pohlia erecta |
Mniaceae | Pohlia filum |
Mniaceae | Pohlia lescuriana |
Mniaceae | Pohlia longicolla |
Mniaceae | Pohlia ludwigii |
Mniaceae | Pohlia melanodon |
Mniaceae | Pohlia obtusifolia |
Mniaceae | Pohlia vexans |
Mniaceae | Pseudobryum cinclidioides |
Mniaceae | Rhizomnium gracile |
Mniaceae | Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum |
Myriniaceae | Myrinia pulvinata |
Myuriaceae | Ctenidium schofieldii |
Orthotrichaceae | Lewinskya elegans |
Orthotrichaceae | Lewinskya pylaisii |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum alpestre |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum cucullatum |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum hallii |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum pallens |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum pumilum |
Orthotrichaceae | Orthotrichum rivulare |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota barclayi |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota curvifolia |
Orthotrichaceae | Ulota drummondii |
Orthotrichaceae | Zygodon gracilis |
Plagiotheciaceae | Herzogiella seligeri |
Plagiotheciaceae | Herzogiella turfacea |
Plagiotheciaceae | Isopterygiopsis catagonioides |
Plagiotheciaceae | Myurella tenerrima |
Plagiotheciaceae | Orthothecium intricatum |
Plagiotheciaceae | Orthothecium strictum |
Polytrichaceae | Atrichum flavisetum |
Polytrichaceae | Atrichum tenellum |
Polytrichaceae | Polytrichastrum sphaerothecium |
Polytrichaceae | Polytrichum perigoniale |
Pottiaceae | Acaulon muticum |
Pottiaceae | Acaulon triquetrum |
Pottiaceae | Aloina brevirostris |
Pottiaceae | Anoectangium sikkimense |
Pottiaceae | Anoectangium stracheyanum |
Pottiaceae | Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum |
Pottiaceae | Chionoloma recurvifolium |
Pottiaceae | Crossidium aberrans |
Pottiaceae | Didymodon maschalogena |
Pottiaceae | Didymodon nigrescens |
Pottiaceae | Didymodon subandreaeoides |
Pottiaceae | Geheebia gigantea |
Pottiaceae | Geheebia leskeoides |
Pottiaceae | Hennediella heimii |
Pottiaceae | Hilpertia velenovskyi |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella asperifolia |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella fragilicuspis |
Pottiaceae | Husnotiella johansenii |
Pottiaceae | Hydrogonium amplexifolium |
Pottiaceae | Hydrogonium gregarium |
Pottiaceae | Microbryum vlassovii |
Pottiaceae | Molendoa sendtneriana |
Pottiaceae | Pseudocrossidium obtusulum |
Pottiaceae | Pterygoneurum lamellatum |
Pottiaceae | Stegonia latifolia |
Pottiaceae | Syntrichia caninervis |
Pottiaceae | Syntrichia papillosissima |
Pottiaceae | Tortella arctica |
Pottiaceae | Tortella humilis |
Pottiaceae | Tortella inclinata |
Pottiaceae | Tortella nitida |
Pottiaceae | Tortella spitsbergensis |
Pottiaceae | Tortella tortuosa |
Pottiaceae | Tortula amplexa |
Pottiaceae | Tortula atrovirens |
Pottiaceae | Tortula cernua |
Pottiaceae | Tortula guepinii |
Pottiaceae | Tortula laureri |
Pottiaceae | Tortula mucronifolia |
Pottiaceae | Tortula nevadensis |
Pottiaceae | Tortula obtusifolia |
Pottiaceae | Tortula plinthobia |
Pottiaceae | Tortula protobryoides |
Pottiaceae | Tortula subulata |
Pottiaceae | Tortula systylia |
Pottiaceae | Trichostomopsis australasiae |
Pottiaceae | Vinealobryum eckeliae |
Pottiaceae | Vinealobryum nicholsonii |
Pottiaceae | Weissia brachycarpa |
Pseudoleskeaceae | Lescuraea saviana |
Pseudoleskeellaceae | Pseudoleskeella rupestris |
Ptychomitriaceae | Brachydontium olympicum |
Pylaisiaceae | Aquilonium plicatulum |
Pylaisiaceae | Pseudostereodon procerrimus |
Pylaisiaceae | Pylaisia intricata |
Pylaisiaceae | Roaldia dolomitica |
Pylaisiadelphaceae | Brotherella henonii |
Pylaisiadelphaceae | Hageniella micans |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Arctoa fulvella |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum alpestre |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum glaucescens |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cnestrum schisti |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium polycarpon |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium strumulosum |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Cynodontium tenellum |
Rhabdoweisiaceae | Oreas martiana |
Saelaniaceae | Saelania glaucescens |
Scorpidiaceae | Hamatocaulis lapponicus |
Scorpidiaceae | Hygrohypnella bestii |
Scorpidiaceae | Hygrohypnella polaris |
Scorpidiaceae | Sanionia symmetrica |
Scouleriaceae | Scouleria marginata |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus campylopodus |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus recurvatus |
Seligeriaceae | Blindiadelphus subimmersus |
Seligeriaceae | Seligeria careyana |
Seligeriaceae | Seligeria tristichoides |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum annulatum |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum aongstroemii |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum contortum |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum inexspectatum |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum junghuhnianum |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum orientale |
Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum wilfii |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria acuminata |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria froelichiana |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria hornschuchii |
Splachnaceae | Tayloria splachnoides |
Splachnaceae | Tetraplodon pallidus |
Splachnaceae | Tetraplodon urceolatus |
Stereodontaceae | Stereodon hamulosus |
Stereodontaceae | Stereodon holmenii |
Tetraphidaceae | Tetrodontium brownianum |
Tetraphidaceae | Tetrodontium repandum |
Thuidiaceae | Echinophyllum sachalinense |
Timmiaceae | Timmia bavarica |
Timmiaceae | Timmia norvegica |
Timmiaceae | Timmia sibirica |
# | family | species | Comment | |
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1 | Amblystegiaceae | Hygroamblystegium tenax | New name, present in collections as Hygroamblystegium varium | |
2 | Amblystegiaceae | Hygrohypnum bestii | New name, present in collections as Hygrohypnella bestii | |
3 | Amblystegiaceae | Palustriella commutata | New name, present in collections as Palustriella falcata | |
4 | Anomodontaceae | Anomodon viticulosus | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
5 | Aongstroemiaceae | Dichodontium flavescens | Old synonym of Dichodontium pellucidum in N. Am. | |
6 | Bartramiaceae | Bartramia stricta | now treated as Bartramia aprica in W. N. Am. | |
7 | Bartramiaceae | Philonotis caespitosa | Treated as P. fontana in BC | |
8 | Brachytheciaceae | Bryoandersonia illecebra | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
9 | Brachytheciaceae | Eurhynchium angustirete | Old world species, iNat system issue with computer vision and geographic model | |
10 | Brachytheciaceae | Eurhynchium striatum | Old world species, iNat system issue with computer vision and geographic model | |
11 | Brachytheciaceae | Homalothecium lutescens | Old world species, iNat system issue with computer vision and geographic model | |
12 | Brachytheciaceae | Homalothecium sericeum | Old world and Eastern NA species, iNat system issue with computer vision and geographic model | |
13 | Brachytheciaceae | Rhynchostegium confertum | Old world species, iNat system issue with computer vision and geographic model | |
14 | Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum curtum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
15 | Brachytheciaceae | Sciuro-hypnum starkei | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
16 | Bryaceae | Gemmabryum apiculatum | E, SE N. Am species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
17 | Bryaceae | Gemmabryum radiculosum | Possibly legitimate | |
18 | Callicladiaceae | Callicladium haldanianum | Spelling mistake in iNat system. = Callicladium haldaneanum | |
19 | Callicladiaceae | Callicladium imponens | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
20 | Climaciaceae | Climacium americanum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
21 | Dicranaceae | Dicranum fulvum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
22 | Ditrichaceae | Ditrichum zonatum | Now treated as Ditrichum heteromallum | |
23 | Entodontaceae | Entodon cladorrhizans | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
24 | Entodontaceae | Entodon seductrix | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
25 | Fissidentaceae | Fissidens obtusifolius | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
26 | Fissidentaceae | Fissidens osmundioides | Disagreements between systems over spelling osmundoides or osmundioides | |
27 | Fissidentaceae | Fissidens pusillus | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
28 | Fissidentaceae | Fissidens taxifolius | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
29 | Fontinalaceae | Fontinalis novae-angliae | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
30 | Grimmiaceae | Codriophorus aquaticus | No herbarium records in N.AM, iNat record needs clarifying and more detail) | |
31 | Grimmiaceae | Grimmia reflexidens | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
32 | Lembophyllaceae | Isothecium alopecuroides | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
33 | Lembophyllaceae | Pseudisothecium myosuroides | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
34 | Leucobryaceae | Leucobryum glaucum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
35 | Leucodontaceae | Leucodon sciuroides | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
36 | Mniaceae | Epipterygium tozeri | BC Taxa of Epipterygium now E. biataurum | |
37 | Mniaceae | Mnium hornum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
38 | Mniaceae | Pohlia sphagnicola | Variably treated as subspecies of Pohlia nutans | |
39 | Neckeraceae | Pseudanomodon attenuatus | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
40 | Neckeraceae | Thamnobryum alopecurum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
41 | Orthotrichaceae | Pulvigera lyellii | Species of California and Old World, no clear records in BC | |
42 | Orthotrichaceae | Zygodon viridissimus | Records are likely Zygodon rupestris | |
43 | Plagiotheciaceae | Isopterygiopsis muelleriana | Accepted name, herbarium records for BC, not sure why absent from BC Moss List | |
44 | Plagiotheciaceae | Orthothecium rufescens | one herbarium record for BC, some coastal iNat records. | |
45 | Polytrichaceae | Atrichum angustatum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
46 | Pottiaceae | Triquetrella papillata | Southern Hemisphere species, issue with iNAT computer Vision and geographic model | |
47 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum fallax | Lots of herbarium records in BC but BC not in range with FNA treatment. Perhaps fallax records = S. pacificum? | |
48 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum imbricatum | Lots of Herbarium Records in BC-- perhaps issue with Sphagnum austinii? As reported only from Alaska in FNA | |
49 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum inundatum | 2 anomalous herbarium records and mention of presence in BC in FNA. | |
50 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum jensenii | Scant and uncertain herbarium records, presence mentioned in FNA | |
51 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum obtusum | Arctic-ish species with no herbarium records in province, but many nearby. 1 iNat record. | |
52 | Sphagnaceae | Sphagnum subfulvum | Vitt records inland from central coast. Species sunonymized with Sphagnum nitidum. Neither are on BC list. | |
53 | Takakiaceae | Takakia ceratophylla | Central Asian Species. MisID? | |
54 | Thuidiaceae | Thuidium tamariscinum | Eastern NA species, iNAT system issue with Computer Vision and Geographic Model | |
Sum |
On this part of Vancouver Island, there are lots of glacial sand, clay, till and gravel deposits. I guess when developers or regional districts are looking for cheap materials for roadbeds, driveways, drainage & foundations, they can often just dig around nearby and save money on transportation and material sourcing. Whatever the case, many of these sand and aggregate quarries seem to fall into quick disuse, only to be given new life by dogwalkers, ATVers and illegal dumpers. Whatever the case, it works out well so far as bryophyte habitat goes. The combination of open exposure, frequent disturbance, pooling water and mineral soils of all particle sizes seems to provide a seed bed of sorts for bryophytes, many of which behave as annuals.
Below is an assortment of them from today, with one observation of Scotch Broom to show the landscape. Species present seems to vary by season, but this seems to be one of the better times of the year for yee olde gametophytes. If you have some old quarry grounds nearby (Coquitlam, Victoria, Duncan, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Abbotsford et al.) looks for the pools and tire tracks.
With adlibbed predominant habitats
Pottiaceae 101 Soil/Rock
Grimmiaceae 73 Rock
Mniaceae 59 Soil/Rock
Bryaceae 53 Soil
Brachytheciaceae 48 All
Sphagnaceae 39 Wetlands
Orthotrichaceae 37 Trees and Rocks
Amblystegiaceae 32 Wetlands
Polytrichaceae 24 Soil
Dicranaceae 21 All
Plagiotheciaceae 18 All
Rhabdoweisiaceae 17 ?
Splachnaceae 14 Dung
Encalyptaceae 12 Limestone
Leucobryaceae 12 Rock & Wetlands
Pylaisiaceae 12 All
Bartramiaceae 11 Rock
Calliergonaceae 11 Wetlands
Scorpidiaceae 11 Wetlands
Andreaeaceae 10 Rock
Ditrichaceae 10 Soil and Rock
Fissidentaceae 10 Wet rock
Hylocomiaceae 9 Forest Floor and DOM
Dicranellaceae 8 Soil
Funariaceae 8 Soil
Pseudoleskeaceae 8 Rock
Seligeriaceae 8 Limestone
Lembophyllaceae 7 All
Neckeraceae 7 Trees and Rocks
Pylaisiadelphaceae 7 ?
Fontinalaceae 6 Aquatic
Meesiaceae 6 ?
Stereodontaceae 5 ?
Timmiaceae 5 Rock
Aongstroemiaceae 4
Aulacomniaceae 4
Tetraphidaceae 4
Thuidiaceae 4
Amphidiaceae 3 Rock
Bruchiaceae 3
Buxbaumiaceae 3 DOM
Hedwigiaceae 3 Rock
Leskeaceae 3 Rock
Pseudoleskeellaceae 3 Rock
Antitrichiaceae 2 Trees and Rock
Climaciaceae 2 Wet Soil Banks
Distichiaceae 2 Limey Rocks
Entodontaceae 2 ?
Ephemeraceae 2 Soil
Flexitrichaceae 2 ?
Helodiaceae 2 ?
Heterocladiellaceae 2 ?
Hookeriaceae 2 Wet soil and DOM
Hypnaceae 2 ?
Ptychomitriaceae 2 Limestone
Scouleriaceae 2 Riparian rocks
Andreaeobryaceae 1 Rocks
Callicladiaceae 1?
Catoscopiaceae 1 Saturated DOM
Cryphaeaceae 1 ?
Daltoniaceae 1 Constantly moist shrubbery
Diphysciaceae 1 Constantly moist rock ledges
Disceliaceae 1 ?
Fabroniaceae 1 Tree Bark
Hymenolomataceae 1 ?
Hypopterygiaceae 1 Limestone
Jocheniaceae 1 ?
Micromitriaceae 1 ?
Myriniaceae 1 ?
Myuriaceae 1 ?
Oedipodiaceae 1 Wet rock ledges
Pterigynandraceae 1 Trees and DOM
Rhytidiaceae 1 ?
Saelaniaceae 1 ?
Schistostegaceae 1 Shaded tip ups and soily crevices
Takakiaceae 1 Rock ledges and mineral banks in bogscapes
Timmiellaceae 1 Rock crevices on soil