List of clubmosses and mosses of Montana
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There are at least 23 species of clubmosses and 153 species of mosses found in the state of Montana in the United States.[1][2] The Montana Natural Heritage Program has identified a number of clubmoss and moss species as species of concern.[3]
Clubmosses
Clubmosses
Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae[4]
- Alaskan clubmoss, Diphasiastrum sitchense
- alpine clubmoss, Diphasiastrum alpinum
- Chinese clubmoss, Huperzia chinensis
- northern bog clubmoss, Lycopodiella inundata
- one-cone clubmoss, Lycopodium lagopus
- Pacific clubmoss, Huperzia haleakalae
- running-pine, Lycopodium clavatum
- stiff clubmoss, Lycopodium annotinum
- trailing clubmoss, Diphasiastrum complanatum
- tree groundpine, Lycopodium dendroideum
- western clubmoss, Huperzia occidentalis
Quillworts
Class: Isoetopsida Order: Isoetales, Family: Isoetaceae[5]
- Bolander's quillwort, Isoetes bolanderi
- Howell's quillwort, Isoetes howellii
- Nuttall's quillwort, Isoetes nuttallii
- spiny-spored quillwort, Isoetes echinospora
- western quillwort, Isoetes occidentalis
Spike-mosses
Class: Isoetopsida Order: Selaginellales, Family: Selaginellaceae[6]
- lesser spike-moss, Selaginella densa
- low spike-moss, Selaginella selaginoides
- Wallace's spike-moss, Selaginella wallacei
- Watson's spike-moss, Selaginella watsonii
Mosses
Granite mosses
Class: Andreaeopsida Order: Andreaeales, Family: Andreaeaceae[7]
- Blytt's andreaea moss, Andreaea blyttii
Peat mosses
Class: Sphagnopsida Order: Sphagnales, Family: Sphagnaceae[8]
- brown peat moss, Sphagnum fuscum
- contorted sphagnum, Sphagnum contortum
- flat-top bogmoss, Sphagnum fallax
- fringed bogmoss, Sphagnum fimbriatum
- Girgensohn's sphagnum, Sphagnum girgensohnii
- low sphagnum, Sphagnum compactum
- Magellan's peat moss, Sphagnum magellanicum
- Mendocino peat moss, Sphagnum mendocinum
- narrowleaf peat moss, Sphagnum angustifolium
- sphagnum moss, Sphagnum centrale
- sphagnum moss, Sphagnum platyphyllum
- streamside sphagnum moss, Sphagnum riparium
- Wulf's peat moss, Sphagnum wulfianum
Haircap mosses
Class: Polytrichopsida Order: Polytrichales, Family: Polytrichaceae
- Lyall's polytrichum moss, Meiotrichum lyallii
- northern haircap, Polytrichum sexangulare
- oligotrichum moss, Oligotrichum aligerum
True mosses
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Amblystegiaceae
- calliergon moss, Calliergon trifarium
- campylium moss, Campylium polygamum
- Cardot's campylium moss, Campylium cardotii
- hygroamblystegium moss, Hygroamblystegium noterophilum
- hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum cochlearifolium
- hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum duriusculum
- limprichtia moss, Limprichtia revolvens
- pointed spear-moss, Calliergonella cuspidata
- pseudocalliergon moss, Pseudocalliergon turgescens
- Richardson's calliergon moss, Calliergon richardsonii
- sarmenthypnum moss, Sarmenthypnum sarmentosum
- scorpidium moss, Scorpidium scorpioides
- Smith's hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum smithii
- varnished hook-moss, Hamatocaulis vernicosus
- warnstorfia moss, Warnstorfia exannulata
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Brachytheciaceae
- Barnes' eurhynchium moss, Eurhynchium pulchellum var. barnesii
- cedar moss, Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium
- Leiberg's brachythecium moss, Brachythecium leibergii
- long-beaked water feather-moss, Platyhypnidium riparioides
- matted feather moss, Brachythecium populeum
- Nelson's brachythecium moss, Brachythecium nelsonii
- sharp point moss, Brachythecium oxycladon
- steerecleus moss, Steerecleus serrulatus
- stiff brachythecium moss, Brachythecium turgidum
- trachybryum moss, Trachybryum megaptilum
- Order: Bryales, Family: Bryaceae
- alpine bryum moss, Bryum alpinum
- arctic bryum moss, Bryum arcticum
- bryum moss, Bryum calobryoides
- bryum moss, Bryum calophyllum
- bryum moss, Bryum cyclophyllum
- bryum moss, Bryum dichotomum
- bryum moss, Bryum lonchocaulon
- bryum moss, Bryum pallens
- Drummond's pohlia moss, Pohlia drummondii
- obtuseleaf pohlia moss, Pohlia obtusifolia
Schleicher's bryum moss (Bryum schleicheri) - plagiobryum moss, Plagiobryum demissum
- pohlia moss, Pohlia vexans
- Schleicher's bryum moss, Bryum schleicheri
- waterfall copper moss, Haplodontium macrocarpum
- Zierian hump-moss, Plagiobryum zieri
- Order: Bryales, Family: Catoscopiaceae
- black golf club moss, Catoscopium nigritum
- Order: Dicranales, Family: Dicranaceae
- acuteleaf dicranum moss, Dicranum acutifolium
- Blytt's kiaeria moss, Kiaeria blyttii
- cynodontium moss, Cynodontium tenellum
- dicranella moss, Dicranella palustris
- dicranella moss, Dicranella subulata
- dicranoweisia moss, Dicranoweisia cirrata
- dicranum moss, Dicranum angustum
- dicranum moss, Dicranum spadiceum
- fragile leaf dicranum moss, Dicranum fragilifolium
- Greville's dicranella moss, Dicranella grevilleana
silky forklet moss (Dicranella heteromalla) - longleaf paraleucobryum moss, Paraleucobryum longifolium
- Olympic dichodontium moss, Dichodontium olympicum
- Paraleucobryum moss, Paraleucobryum enerve
- Schreber's dicranella moss, Dicranella schreberiana
- sickle kiaeria moss, Kiaeria falcata
- silky forklet moss, Dicranella heteromalla
- Starke's kiaeria moss, Kiaeria starkei
- Order: Dicranales, Family: Ditrichaceae
- ambiguous ditrichum moss, Ditrichum ambiguum
- cylindrical trichodon, Trichodon cylindricus
- incline distichium moss, Distichium inclinatum
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Fabroniaceae
- silver hair moss, Fabronia pusilla
- Order: Fissidentales, Family: Fissidentaceae
- phoenix moss, Fissidens fontanus
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: Fontinalaceae
- antifever fontinalis moss, Fontinalis antipyretica
- Order: Funariales, Family: Funariaceae
common bladder moss (Physcomitrium pyriforme) - American funaria moss, Funaria americana
- common bladder moss, Physcomitrium pyriforme
- Hooker's physcomitrium moss, Physcomitrium hookeri
- rusty cord-moss, Entosthodon rubiginosus
- Order: Grimmiales, Family: Grimmiaceae
- Agassiz's schistidium moss, Schistidium agassizii
- aquatic racomitrium moss, Racomitrium aquaticum
- Britton's dry rock moss, Grimmia brittoniae
- curved dry rock moss, Grimmia incurva
- fascicled racomitrium moss, Racomitrium fasciculare
- grimmia dry rock moss, Grimmia laevigata
- grimmia dry rock moss, Grimmia mollis
- pygmy racomitrium moss, Niphotrichum pygmaeum
- racomitrium moss, Bucklandiella brevipes
- racomitrium moss, Racomitrium heterostichum
- varied racomitrium moss, Racomitrium varium
- western racomitrium moss, Racomitrium occidentale
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Hypnaceae
- callicladium moss, Callicladium haldanianum
- herzogiella moss, Herzogiella striatella
- herzogiella moss, Herzogiella turfacea
- hypnum moss, Hypnum callichroum
- hypnum moss, Hypnum procerrimum
- platygyrium moss, Platygyrium repens
- recurved hypnum moss, Hypnum recurvatum
hypnum moss (Hypnum procerrimum)
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Leskeaceae
- claopodium moss, Claopodium crispifolium
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: Leucodontaceae
- dendroalsia moss, Dendroalsia abietina
- Order: Bryales, Family: Meesiaceae
- amblyodon moss, Amblyodon dealbatus
- angled paludella moss, Paludella squarrosa
- meesia moss, Meesia longiseta
- meesia moss, Meesia triquetra
- meesia moss, Meesia uliginosa
- Order: Bryales, Family: Mniaceae
- cinclidium moss, Cinclidium stygium
- leucolepis umbrella moss, Leucolepis acanthoneuron
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: Neckeraceae
- Douglas' neckera moss, Neckera douglasii
- Order: Orthotrichales, Family: Orthotrichaceae
- Mougeot's amphidium moss, Amphidium mougeotii
- orthotrichum moss, Orthotrichum praemorsum
- Order: Pottiales, Family: Pottiaceae
- Bartram's tortula moss, Syntrichia bartramii
- convoluted barbula moss, Barbula convoluta
- didymodon moss, Didymodon brachyphyllus
didymodon moss (Didymodon ferrugineus) - didymodon moss, Didymodon ferrugineus
- Heim's desmatodon moss, Hennediella heimii
- flamingo moss, Tortula cernua
- lamella pterygoneurum moss, Pterygoneurum lamellatum
- lime-seep eucladium moss, Eucladium verticillatum
- Norwegian tortula moss, Tortula norvegica
- obtuseleaf desmatodon moss, Desmatodon obtusifolius
- oxystegus moss, Trichostomum tenuirostre
- pseudocrossidium moss, Pseudocrossidium obtusulum
- rigid didymodon moss, Didymodon rigidulus var. gracilis
- sessile pterygoneurum moss, Pterygoneurum subsessile
- short-beaked aloe-moss (Aloina brevirostris)
- toothed phascum moss, Phascum cuspidatum
- tortella moss, Tortella inclinata
- tortula moss (Syntrichia papillosissima)
- tortula moss, Tortula caninervis
- tortula moss, Tortula muralis
- twisted tortella moss, Tortella tortuosa
- wideleaf crumia moss, Crumia latifolia
- wideleaf stegonia moss, Stegonia latifolia
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Pterigynandraceae
- myurella moss, Myurella tenerrima
- Order: Grimmiales, Family: Ptychomitraceae
luminous moss (Schistostega pennata) - Gardner's ptychomitrium moss, Ptychomitrium gardneri
- Order: Schistostegales, Family: Schistostegaceae
- luminous moss, Schistostega pennata
- Order: Seligeriales, Family: Seligeraceae
- acute blindia moss, Blindia acuta
- Donn's small limestone moss, Seligeria donniana
- Order: Funariales, Family: Splachnaceae
- acuminate dung moss, Tayloria acuminata
- entire-leaf nitrogen moss, Tetraplodon mnioides
- lingulate dung moss, Tayloria lingulata
- pinkstink dung moss, Splachnum sphaericum
- serrate dung moss, Tayloria serrata
- toothed-leaf nitrogen moss, Tetraplodon angustatus
- Order: Hypnales, Family: Thamnobryaceae
- Bigelow's porotrichum moss, Porotrichum bigelovii
- Necker's thamnobryum moss, Thamnobryum neckeroides
- Order: Bryales, Family: Timmiaceae
- Norwegian timmia moss, Timmia norvegica
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Further reading
- Rydberg, P. A. (1900). Catalogue of the flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park (PDF). New York: New York Botanical Garden.
- Vitt, D.; et al. (1993). Mosses, Lichens, and Ferns of Northwest North America. Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing. ISBN 0-919433-41-3.
See also
References
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Club-mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Species of Concern". Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Club-mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Quillworts". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Spike-mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Granite Mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Peat Mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-True Mosses". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
