List Of The Mosses Of Britain And Ireland

A list of the mosses of Britain and Ireland.

List

* ''Abietinella abietina'' – fir tamarisk-moss
* ''Acaulon muticum'' – rounded pygmy-moss
* '' Acaulon triquetrum'' – triangular pygmy-moss
* '' Aloina aloides'' – common aloe-moss
* '' Aloina ambigua'' – tall aloe-moss
* '' Aloina brevirostris'' – short-beaked aloe-moss
* '' Aloina rigida'' – rigid aloe-moss
* '' Amblyodon dealbatus'' – short-tooth hump-moss
* '' Amblystegium confervoides'' – tiny feather-moss
* '' Amblystegium humile'' – constricted feather-moss
* '' Amblystegium radicale'' – swamp feather-moss
* ''Amblystegium serpens'' – creeping feather-moss
* '' Amblystegium varium'' – willow feather-moss
* '' Amphidium lapponicum'' – Lapland yoke-moss
* '' Amphidium mougeotii'' – Mougeot's yoke-moss
* '' Andreaea alpestris'' – slender rock-moss
* '' Andreaea alpina'' – alpine rock-moss
* '' Andreaea blyttii'' – Blytt's rock-moss
* ''Andreaea frigida'' – icy rock-moss
* '' Andreaea megistospora'' – big-spored rock-moss
* '' Andreaea mutabilis'' – changeable rock-moss
* ''Andreaea nivalis'' – snow rock-moss
* '' Andreaea rothii'' – dusky rock-moss
* ''Andreaea rupestris'' – black rock-moss
* '' Andreaea sinuosa'' – small-spored rock-moss
* '' Anoectangium aestivum'' – summer-moss
* ''Anomobryum julaceum'' – slender silver-moss
* '' Anomodon attenuatus'' – slender tail-moss
* '' Anomodon longifolius'' – long-leaved tail-moss
* '' Anomodon viticulosus'' – rambling tail-moss
* '' Antitrichia curtipendula'' – pendulous wing-moss
* '' Aongstroemia longipes'' – sprig-moss
* '' Aphanorrhegma patens'' – spreading earth-moss
* '' Aplodon wormskjoldii'' – carrion-moss
* '' Archidium alternifolium'' – clay earth-moss
* '' Arctoa fulvella'' – Arctic fork-moss
* ''Atrichum angustatum'' – lesser smoothcap
* ''Atrichum crispum'' – fountain smoothcap
* ''Atrichum tenellum'' – slender smoothcap
* ''Atrichum undulatum'' – common smoothcap
* '' Aulacomnium androgynum'' – bud-headed groove-moss
* ''Aulacomnium palustre'' – bog groove-moss
* '' Aulacomnium turgidum'' – mountain groove-moss
* '' Barbula convoluta'' – lesser bird's-claw beard-moss
* ''Barbula unguiculata'' – bird's-claw beard-moss
* '' Bartramia halleriana'' – Haller's apple-moss
* ''Bartramia ithyphylla'' – straight-leaved apple-moss
* '' Bartramia pomiformis'' – common apple-moss
* '' Bartramia stricta'' – upright apple-moss
* '' Blindia acuta'' – sharp-leaved blindia
* '' Blindia caespiticia'' – dwarf blindia
* '' Brachydontium trichodes'' – bristle-leaf
* '' Brachythecium albicans'' – whitish feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium appleyardiae'' – Appleyard's feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium erythrorrhizon'' – redfoot feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium glaciale'' – snow feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium glareosum'' – streaky feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium mildeanum'' – sand feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium plumosum'' – rusty feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium populeum'' – matted feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium reflexum'' – reflexed feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium rivulare'' – river feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium rutabulum'' – rough-stalked feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium salebrosum'' – smooth-stalk feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium starkei'' – Starke's feather-moss
* '' Brachythecium trachypodium'' – Lawers feather-moss
* ''Brachythecium velutinum'' – velvet feather-moss
* ''Breutelia chrysocoma'' – golden-head moss
* ''Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum'' – Scottish beard-moss
* ''Bryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens'' – rufous beard-moss
* '' Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum'' – red beard-moss
* '' Bryum algovicum'' – drooping thread-moss
* '' Bryum alpinum'' – alpine thread-moss
* '' Bryum archangelicum'' – archangelic thread-moss
* '' Bryum arcticum'' – Arctic thread-moss
* ''Bryum argenteum'' – silver-moss
* '' Bryum bimum'' – bimous marsh Bryum
* '' Bryum bornholmense'' – potato Bryum
* '' Bryum caespiticium'' – tufted thread-moss
* '' Bryum calophyllum'' – blunt Bryum
* '' Bryum canariense'' – canary thread-moss
* ''Bryum capillare'' – capillary thread-moss
* '' Bryum creberrimum'' – tight-tufted thread-moss
* '' Bryum cyclophyllum'' – round-leaved Bryum
* '' Bryum dichotomum'' – bicoloured Bryum
* ''Bryum dixonii'' – Dixon's thread-moss
* '' Bryum donianum'' – Don's thread-moss
* '' Bryum elegans'' – blushing Bryum
* '' Bryum funkii'' – Funck's thread-moss
* '' Bryum gemmiferum'' – small-bud Bryum
* '' Bryum gemmilucens'' – yellow-bud Bryum
* '' Bryum gemmiparum'' – Welsh thread-moss
* '' Bryum imbricatum'' – small-mouthed thread-moss
* '' Bryum intermedium'' – many-seasoned thread-moss
* '' Bryum klinggraeffii'' – raspberry Bryum
* ''Bryum knowltonii'' – Knowlton's thread-moss
* '' Bryum laevifilum'' – flabby thread-moss
* '' Bryum lawersianum'' – Lawers thread-moss
* '' Bryum mamillatum'' – sand thread-moss
* '' Bryum marratii'' – Baltic Bryum
* '' Bryum mildeanum'' – Milde's thread-moss
* '' Bryum muehlenbeckii'' – Muehlenbeck's thread-moss
* '' Bryum neodamense'' – long-leaved thread-moss
* '' Bryum pallens'' – pale thread-moss
* '' Bryum pallescens'' – tall-clustered thread-moss
* ''Bryum pseudotriquetrum'' – marsh Bryum
* '' Bryum radiculosum'' – wall thread-moss
* '' Bryum riparium'' – river thread-moss
* '' Bryum rubens'' – crimson-tuber thread-moss
* '' Bryum ruderale'' – pea Bryum
* '' Bryum salinum'' – saltmarsh thread-moss
* '' Bryum sauteri'' – Sauter's thread-moss
* ''Bryum schleicheri'' – Schleicher's thread-moss
* '' Bryum stirtonii'' – Stirton's thread-moss
* '' Bryum subapiculatum'' – lesser potato Bryum
* '' Bryum tenuisetum'' – yellow-tuber thread-moss
* '' Bryum torquescens'' – twisting thread-moss
* '' Bryum turbinatum'' – topshape thread-moss
* '' Bryum uliginosum'' – cernuous thread-moss
* '' Bryum violaceum'' – pill Bryum
* '' Bryum warneum'' – warne's thread-moss
* '' Bryum weigelii'' – duval's thread-moss
* '' Buxbaumia aphylla'' – brown shield-moss
* ''Buxbaumia viridis'' – green shield-moss
* ''Calliergon cordifolium'' – heart-leaved spear-moss
* ''Calliergon giganteum'' – giant spear-moss
* '' Calliergonella cuspidata'' – pointed spear-moss
* '' Calliergonella lindbergii'' – lindberg's plait-moss
* '' Calyptrochaeta apiculata'' – southern Hookeria
* '' Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus'' – golden feather-moss
* '' Campyliadelphus elodes'' – fine-leaved marsh feather-moss
* '' Campylium protensum'' – dull starry feather-moss
* ''Campylium stellatum'' – yellow starry feather-moss
* '' Campylophyllum calcareum'' – chalk feather-moss
* '' Campylophyllum halleri'' – haller's feather-moss
* '' Campylopus atrovirens'' – bristly swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus brevipilus'' – compact swan-neck moss
* ''Campylopus flexuosus'' – rusty swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus fragilis'' – brittle swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus gracilis'' – Schwarz's swan-neck moss
* ''Campylopus introflexus'' – heath star moss
* '' Campylopus pilifer'' – stiff swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus pyriformis'' – dwarf swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus schimperi'' – Schimper's swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus setifolius'' – silky swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus shawii'' – Shaw's swan-neck moss
* '' Campylopus subporodictyon'' – rusty bow-moss
* '' Campylopus subulatus'' – awl-leaved swan-neck moss
* '' Campylostelium saxicola'' – bent-moss
* ''Catoscopium nigritum'' – down-looking moss
* '' Ceratodon conicus'' – scarce redshank
* ''Ceratodon purpureus'' – redshank
* '' Cheilothela chloropus'' – rabbit moss
* '' Cinclidium stygium'' – lurid cupola-moss
* '' Cinclidotus fontinaloides'' – smaller lattice-moss
* '' Cinclidotus riparius'' – fountain lattice-moss
* '' Cirriphyllum cirrosum'' – tendril feather-moss
* '' Cirriphyllum crassinervium'' – beech feather-moss
* '' Cirriphyllum piliferum'' – hair-pointed feather-moss
* ''Climacium dendroides'' – tree-moss
* '' Conardia compacta'' – compact feather-moss
* ''Conostomum tetragonum'' – helmet-moss
* '' Coscinodon cribrosus'' – sieve-tooth moss
* '' Cratoneuron curvicaule'' – bent-stem hook-moss
* '' Cratoneuron filicinum'' – fern-leaved hook-moss
* '' Cryphaea heteromalla'' – lateral cryphaea
* ''Ctenidium molluscum'' – chalk comb-moss
* '' Ctenidium procerrimum'' – alpine comb-moss
* '' Cyclodictyon laetevirens'' – bright-green cave-moss
* '' Cynodontium fallax'' – false dog-tooth
* '' Cynodontium jenneri'' – Jenner's dog-tooth
* ''Cynodontium polycarpon'' – many-fruited dog-tooth
* '' Cynodontium strumiferum'' – strumose dog-tooth
* '' Cynodontium tenellum'' – delicate dog-tooth
* ''Daltonia splachnoides'' – Irish Daltonia
* '' Dendrocryphaea lamyana'' – multi-fruited cryphaea
* '' Dialytrichia mucronata'' – pointed lattice-moss
* '' Dichodontium flavescens'' – yellowish fork-moss
* '' Dichodontium palustre'' – marsh forklet-moss
* ''Dichodontium pellucidum'' – transparent fork-moss
* '' Dicranella cerviculata'' – red-neck forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella crispa'' – curl-leaved forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella grevilleana'' – Greville's forklet-moss
* ''Dicranella heteromalla'' – silky forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella rufescens'' – rufous forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella schreberiana'' – Schreber's forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella staphylina'' – field forklet-moss
* '' Dicranella subulata'' – awl-leaved forklet-moss
* ''Dicranella varia'' – variable forklet-moss
* '' Dicranodontium asperulum'' – orange bow-moss
* ''Dicranodontium denudatum'' – beaked bow-moss
* '' Dicranodontium uncinatum'' – curve-leaved bow-moss
* '' Dicranoweisia cirrata'' – common pincushion
* '' Dicranoweisia crispula'' – mountain pincushion
* '' Dicranum bergeri'' – waved fork-moss
* '' Dicranum bonjeanii'' – crisped fork-moss
* ''Dicranum elongatum'' – dense fork-moss
* '' Dicranum flagellare'' – whip fork-moss
* '' Dicranum flexicaule'' – bendy fork-moss
* '' Dicranum fuscescens'' – dusky fork-moss
* '' Dicranum leioneuron'' – fuzzy fork-moss
* ''Dicranum majus'' – greater fork-moss
* ''Dicranum montanum'' – mountain fork-moss
* ''Dicranum polysetum'' – rugose fork-moss
* ''Dicranum scoparium'' – broom fork-moss
* ''Dicranum scottianum'' – Scott's fork-moss
* ''Dicranum spurium'' – rusty fork-moss
* ''Dicranum tauricum'' – fragile fork-moss
* '' Didymodon acutus'' – pointed beard-moss
* '' Didymodon australasiae'' – shady beard-moss
* '' Didymodon cordatus'' – cordate beard-moss
* '' Didymodon fallax'' – fallacious beard-moss
* '' Didymodon ferrugineus'' – rusty beard-moss
* '' Didymodon glaucus'' – glaucous beard-moss
* '' Didymodon icmadophilus'' – slender beard-moss
* '' Didymodon insulanus'' – cylindric beard-moss
* '' Didymodon luridus'' – dusky beard-moss
* '' Didymodon mamillosus'' – Perthshire beard-moss
* '' Didymodon maximus'' – Irish beard-moss
* '' Didymodon nicholsonii'' – Nicholson's beard-moss
* '' Didymodon rigidulus'' – rigid beard-moss
* '' Didymodon sinuosus'' – wavy beard-moss
* '' Didymodon spadiceus'' – brown beard-moss
* '' Didymodon tomaculosus'' – sausage beard-moss
* '' Didymodon tophaceus'' – olive beard-moss
* '' Didymodon vinealis'' – soft-tufted beard-moss
* '' Diphyscium foliosum'' – nut-moss
* ''Discelium nudum'' – flag-moss
* ''Distichium capillaceum'' – fine Distichium
* '' Distichium inclinatum'' – inclined Distichium
* ''Ditrichum cornubicum'' – Cornish path-moss
* '' Ditrichum flexicaule'' – bendy ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum gracile'' – slender ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum heteromallum'' – curve-leaved ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum lineare'' – dark ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum plumbicola'' – lead-moss
* '' Ditrichum pusillum'' – brown ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum subulatum'' – awl-leaved ditrichum
* '' Ditrichum zonatum'' – alpine ditrichum
* '' Drepanocladus aduncus'' – Kneiff's hook-moss
* '' Drepanocladus polygamus'' – fertile feather-moss
* '' Drepanocladus sendtneri'' – chalk hook-moss
* '' Encalypta alpina'' – alpine extinguisher-moss
* '' Encalypta brevicollis'' – white-mouthed extinguisher-moss
* '' Encalypta ciliata'' – fringed extinguisher-moss
* '' Encalypta rhaptocarpa'' – ribbed extinguisher-moss
* '' Encalypta streptocarpa'' – spiral extinguisher-moss
* ''Encalypta vulgaris'' – common extinguisher-moss
* ''Entodon concinnus'' – Montagne's cylinder-moss
* '' Entosthodon attenuatus'' – thin cord-moss
* '' Entosthodon fascicularis'' – Hasselquist's hyssop
* '' Entosthodon muhlenbergii'' – Muhlenberg's cord-moss
* '' Entosthodon obtusus'' – blunt cord-moss
* '' Entosthodon pulchellus'' – pretty cord-moss
* '' Ephemerum cohaerens'' – clustered earth-moss
* '' Ephemerum minutissimum'' – minute earth-moss
* '' Ephemerum recurvifolium'' – strap-leaved earth-moss
* '' Ephemerum serratum'' – serrated earth-moss
* '' Ephemerum sessile'' – sessile earth-moss
* '' Ephemerum stellatum'' – starry earth-moss
* '' Epipterygium tozeri'' – Tozer's thread-moss
* '' Eucladium verticillatum'' – whorled tufa-moss
* '' Eurhynchium meridionale'' – Portland feather-moss
* '' Eurhynchium pulchellum'' – elegant feather-moss
* '' Eurhynchium striatulum'' – lesser striated feather-moss
* '' Eurhynchium striatum'' – common striated feather-moss
* ''Fissidens adianthoides'' – maidenhair pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens bryoides'' – lesser pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens celticus'' – Welsh pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens crassipes'' – fatfoot pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens curnovii'' – Curnow's pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens curvatus'' – Portuguese pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens dubius'' – rock pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens exiguus'' – tiny pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens exilis'' – slender pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens gracilifolius'' – narrow-leaved pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens incurvus'' – short-leaved pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens limbatus'' – Herzog's pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens monguillonii'' – Atlantic pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens osmundoides'' – purple-stalked pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens polyphyllus'' – many-leaved pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens pusillus'' – petty pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens rivularis'' – river pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens rufulus'' – beck pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens serrulatus'' – large Atlantic pocket-moss
* ''Fissidens taxifolius'' – common pocket-moss
* '' Fissidens viridulus'' – green pocket-moss
* ''Fontinalis antipyretica'' – greater water-moss
* ''Fontinalis squamosa'' – alpine water-moss
* ''Funaria hygrometrica'' – common cord-moss
* '' Glyphomitrium daviesii'' – black-tufted moss
* '' Grimmia anodon'' – toothless Grimmia
* '' Grimmia arenaria'' – sand Grimmia
* '' Grimmia atrata'' – copper Grimmia
* '' Grimmia crinita'' – hedgehog Grimmia
* '' Grimmia decipiens'' – great Grimmia
* '' Grimmia donniana'' – Donn's Grimmia
* '' Grimmia elatior'' – large Grimmia
* '' Grimmia elongata'' – brown Grimmia
* '' Grimmia funalis'' – string Grimmia
* '' Grimmia hartmanii'' – hartman's Grimmia
* '' Grimmia incurva'' – black Grimmia
* '' Grimmia laevigata'' – hoary Grimmia
* '' Grimmia longirostris'' – north Grimmia
* '' Grimmia montana'' – sun Grimmia
* '' Grimmia orbicularis'' – round-fruited Grimmia
* '' Grimmia ovalis'' – flat-rock Grimmia
* ''Grimmia pulvinata'' – grey-cushioned Grimmia
* '' Grimmia ramondii'' – spreading-leaved Grimmia
* ''Grimmia tergestina'' – dapple-mouthed Grimmia
* ''Grimmia torquata'' – twisted Grimmia
* ''Grimmia trichophylla'' – hair-pointed Grimmia
* ''Grimmia ungeri'' – alpine Grimmia
* ''Grimmia unicolor'' – dingy Grimmia
* '' Gymnostomum aeruginosum'' – verdigris tufa-moss
* '' Gymnostomum calcareum'' – blunt-leaf tufa-moss
* '' Gymnostomum viridulum'' – Luisier's tufa-moss
* '' Gyroweisia reflexa'' – reflexed beardless-moss
* '' Gyroweisia tenuis'' – slender stubble-moss
* '' Habrodon perpusillus'' – lesser squirrel-tail moss
* '' Hamatocaulis vernicosus'' – varnished hook-moss
* ''Hedwigia ciliata'' – fringed hoar-moss
* '' Hedwigia integrifolia'' – green hoar-moss
* ''Hedwigia stellata'' – starry hoar-moss
* '' Helodium blandowii'' – Blandow's tamarisk-moss
* '' Hennediella heimii'' – Heim's Pottia
* '' Hennediella macrophylla'' – short Pottia
* '' Hennediella stanfordensis'' – Stanford screw-moss
* ''Herzogiella seligeri'' – Silesian feather-moss
* '' Herzogiella striatella'' – Muhlenbeck's feather-moss
* '' Heterocladium dimorphum'' – dimorphous tamarisk-moss
* '' Heterocladium heteropterum'' – wry-leaved tamarisk-moss
* '' Heterocladium wulfsbergii'' – wulfsberg's tamarisk-moss
* '' Homalia trichomanoides'' – blunt feather-moss
* '' Homalothecium lutescens'' – yellow feather-moss
* '' Homalothecium sericeum'' – silky wall feather-moss
* '' Homomallium incurvatum'' – incurved feather-moss
* ''Hookeria lucens'' – shining Hookeria
* '' Hygroamblystegium fluviatile'' – brook-side feather-moss
* ''Hygroamblystegium tenax'' – fountain feather-moss
* '' Hygrohypnum duriusculum'' – broad-leaved brook-moss
* '' Hygrohypnum eugyrium'' – western brook-moss
* '' Hygrohypnum luridum'' – drab brook-moss
* ''Hygrohypnum molle