List of mosses of Great Britain and Ireland explained

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 – soft brook-moss
• Hygrohypnum ochraceum – claw brook-moss
• Hygrohypnum polare – polar brook-moss
• Hygrohypnum smithii – Arctic brook-moss
• Hygrohypnum styriacum – snow brook-moss
• Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum – Oake's wood-moss
• Hylocomiastrum umbratum – shaded wood-moss
• Hylocomium splendens – glittering wood-moss
• Hymenostylium insigne – robust tufa-moss
• Hymenostylium recurvirostrum – hook-beak tufa-moss
• Hyocomium armoricum – flagellate feather-moss
• Hypnum andoi – mamillate plait-moss
• Hypnum bambergeri – golden plait-moss
• Hypnum callichroum – downy plait-moss
• Hypnum cupressiforme – cypress-leaved plait-moss
• Hypnum hamulosum – hook-leaved plait-moss
• Hypnum imponens – pellucid plait-moss
• Hypnum jutlandicum – heath plait-moss
• Hypnum lacunosum – great plait-moss
• Hypnum resupinatum – supine plait-moss
• Hypnum revolutum – revolute plait-moss
• Hypnum uncinulatum – hooked plait-moss
• Hypnum vaucheri – Vaucher's plait-moss
• Isopterygiopsis muelleriana – Mueller's silk-moss
• Isopterygiopsis pulchella – neat silk-moss
• Isothecium alopecuroides – larger mouse-tail moss
• Isothecium holtii – Holt's mouse-tail moss
• Isothecium myosuroides – slender mouse-tail moss
• Kiaeria blyttii – Blytt's fork-moss^[1]
• Kiaeria falcata^[2] – sickle-leaved fork-moss
• Kiaeria glacialis – snow fork-moss
• Kiaeria starkei – Starke's fork-moss
• Kindbergia praelonga – common feather-moss
• Leptobarbula berica – beric beard-moss
• Leptobryum pyriforme – golden thread-moss
• Leptodictyum riparium – Kneiff's feather-moss
• Leptodon smithii – Prince-of-Wales feather-moss
• Leptodontium flexifolium – bent-leaved beard-moss
• Leptodontium gemmascens – thatch-moss
• Leptophascum leptophyllum – vectis-moss
• Lescuraea saxicola – rock feather-moss
• Leskea polycarpa – many-fruited Leskea
• Leucobryum glaucum – large white-moss
• Leucobryum juniperoideum – smaller white-moss
• Leucodon sciuroides – squirrel-tail moss
• Loeskeobryum brevirostre – short-beaked wood-moss
• Meesia triquetra – three-ranked hump-moss
• Meesia uliginosa – broad-nerved hump-moss
• Microbryum curvicolle – swan-necked earth-moss
• Microbryum floerkeanum – Floerke's phascum
• Microbryum rectum – upright Pottia
• Micromitrium tenerum – millimetre moss
• Mielichhoferia elongata – elongate copper-moss
• Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana – alpine copper-moss
• Mnium ambiguum – ambiguous thyme-moss
• Mnium hornum – swan's-neck thyme-moss
• Mnium marginatum – bordered thyme-moss
• Mnium spinosum – spinose thyme-moss
• Mnium stellare – starry thyme-moss
• Mnium thomsonii – short-beaked thyme-moss
• Molendoa warburgii – Warburg's moss
• Myrinia pulvinata – flood-moss
• Myurella julacea – small mouse-tail moss
• Myurella tenerrima – dwarf mouse-tail moss
• Myurium hochstetteri – hare-tail moss
• Neckera complanata – flat Neckera
• Neckera crispa – crisped Neckera
• Neckera pennata – feathered Neckera
• Neckera pumila – dwarf Neckera
• Octodiceras fontanum – fountain pocket-moss
• Oedipodium griffithianum – gouty-moss
• Oligotrichum hercynicum – Hercynian haircap
• Oncophorus virens – green spur-moss
• Oncophorus wahlenbergii – wahlenberg's spur-moss
• Oreoweisia bruntonii – Brunton's dog-tooth
• Orthodontium gracile – slender thread-moss
• Orthodontium lineare – cape thread-moss
• Orthothecium intricatum – fine-leaved Leskea
• Orthothecium rufescens – red Leskea
• Orthotrichum affine – wood bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum anomalum – anomalous bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum cupulatum – hooded bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum diaphanum – white-tipped bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum gymnostomum – aspen bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum lyellii – Lyell's bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum obtusifolium – blunt-leaved bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum pallens – pale bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum pulchellum – elegant bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum pumilum – dwarf bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum rivulare – river bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum rupestre – rock bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum speciosum – showy bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum sprucei – Spruce's bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum stramineum – straw bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum striatum – Shaw's bristle-moss
• Orthotrichum tenellum – slender bristle-moss
• Oxyrrhynchium hians – Swartz's feather-moss
• Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri – twist-tip feather-moss
• Oxyrrhynchium speciosum – showy feather-moss
• Paludella squarrosa – tufted fen-moss
• Palustriella commutata – curled hook-moss
• Palustriella decipiens – lesser curled hook-moss
• Palustriella falcata – claw-leaved hook-moss
• Paraleptodontium recurvifolium – drooping-leaved beard-moss
• Paraleucobryum longifolium – long-leaved fork-moss
• Phascum cuspidatum – cuspidate earth-moss
• Philonotis arnellii – Arnell's apple-moss
• Philonotis caespitosa – tufted apple-moss
• Philonotis calcarea – thick-nerved apple-moss
• Philonotis cernua – swan-necked apple-moss
• Philonotis fontana – fountain apple-moss
• Philonotis marchica – bog apple-moss
• Philonotis rigida – rigid apple-moss
• Philonotis seriata – spiral apple-moss
• Philonotis tomentella – woolly apple-moss
• Physcomitrium eurystomum – Norfolk bladder-moss
• Physcomitrium pyriforme – common bladder-moss
• Physcomitrium sphaericum – dwarf bladder-moss
• Pictus scoticus – pict-moss
• Plagiobryum demissum – alpine hump-moss
• Plagiobryum zieri – zierian hump-moss
• Plagiomnium affine – many-fruited thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium cuspidatum – woodsy thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium elatum – tall thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium ellipticum – marsh thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium medium – alpine thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium rostratum – long-beaked thyme-moss
• Plagiomnium undulatum – hart's-tongue thyme-moss
• Plagiopus oederianus – Oeder's apple-moss
• Plagiothecium cavifolium – round silk-moss
• Plagiothecium curvifolium – curved silk-moss
• Plagiothecium denticulatum – dented silk-moss
• Plagiothecium laetum – bright silk-moss
• Plagiothecium latebricola – alder silk-moss
• Plagiothecium nemorale – woodsy silk-moss
• Plagiothecium piliferum – hair silk-moss
• Plagiothecium platyphyllum – alpine silk-moss
• Plagiothecium succulentum – juicy silk-moss
• Plagiothecium undulatum – waved silk-moss
• Platydictya jungermannioides – Spruce's Leskea
• Platygyrium repens – flat-brocade moss
• Platyhypnidium alopecuroides – Portuguese feather-moss
• Platyhypnidium riparioides – long-beaked water feather-moss
• Pleuridium acuminatum – taper-leaved earth-moss
• Pleuridium subulatum – awl-leaved earth-moss
• Pleurochaete squarrosa – side-fruited crisp-moss
• Pleurozium schreberi – red-stemmed feather-moss
• Pogonatum aloides – aloe haircap
• Pogonatum nanum – dwarf haircap
• Pogonatum urnigerum – urn haircap
• Pohlia andalusica – gravel thread-moss
• Pohlia annotina – pale-fruited thread-moss
• Pohlia bulbifera – blunt-bud thread-moss
• Pohlia camptotrachela – crookneck nodding-moss
• Pohlia cruda – opal thread-moss
• Pohlia crudoides – Lapland thread-moss
• Pohlia drummondii – Drummond's thread-moss
• Pohlia elongata – long-fruited thread-moss
• Pohlia filum – fat-bud thread-moss
• Pohlia flexuosa – orange-bud thread-moss
• Pohlia lescuriana – pretty nodding-moss
• Pohlia ludwigii – Ludwig's thread-moss
• Pohlia lutescens – yellow thread-moss
• Pohlia melanodon – pink-fruited thread-moss
• Pohlia nutans – nodding thread-moss
• Pohlia obtusifolia – blunt-leaved thread-moss
• Pohlia proligera – bent-bud thread-moss
• Pohlia scotica – Scottish thread-moss
• Pohlia wahlenbergii – pale glaucous thread-moss
• Polytrichastrum alpinum – alpine haircap
• Polytrichastrum formosum – bank haircap
• Polytrichastrum longisetum – slender haircap
• Polytrichastrum sexangulare – northern haircap
• Polytrichum commune – common haircap
• Polytrichum juniperinum – juniper haircap
• Polytrichum piliferum – bristly haircap
• Polytrichum strictum – strict haircap
• Pottia davalliana – smallest Pottia
• Pottia starkeana – Starke's Pottia
• Pottiopsis caespitosa – round-fruited Pottia
• Protobryum bryoides – tall Pottia
• Pseudephemerum nitidum – delicate earth-moss
• Pseudobryum cinclidioides – river thyme-moss
• Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides – large hook-moss
• Pseudocalliergon trifarium – three-ranked spear-moss
• Pseudocalliergon turgescens – turgid scorpion-moss
• Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum – Hornschuch's beard-moss
• Pseudocrossidium revolutum – revolute beard-moss
• Pseudoleskea incurvata – brown mountain Leskea
• Pseudoleskea patens – patent Leskea
• Pseudoleskeella catenulata – chained Leskea
• Pseudoleskeella nervosa – nerved Leskea
• Pseudoleskeella rupestris – wispy Leskea
• Pseudoscleropodium purum – neat feather-moss
• Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans – elegant silk-moss
• Pterigynandrum filiforme – capillary wing-moss
• Pterogonium gracile – bird's-foot wing-moss
• Pterygoneurum lamellatum – spiral chalk-moss
• Pterygoneurum ovatum – oval-leaved Pottia
• Ptilium crista-castrensis – ostrich-plume feather-moss
• Ptychodium plicatum – plaited Leskea
• Ptychomitrium polyphyllum – long-shanked pincushion
• Pylaisia polyantha – many-flowered Leskea
• Racomitrium aciculare – yellow fringe-moss
• Racomitrium affine – lesser fringe-moss
• Racomitrium aquaticum – narrow-leaved fringe-moss
• Racomitrium canescens – hoary fringe-moss
• Racomitrium ellipticum – oval-fruited fringe-moss
• Racomitrium elongatum – long fringe-moss
• Racomitrium ericoides – dense fringe-moss
• Racomitrium fasciculare – green mountain fringe-moss
• Racomitrium heterostichum – bristly fringe-moss
• Racomitrium himalayanum – Himalayan fringe-moss
• Racomitrium lanuginosum – woolly fringe-moss
• Racomitrium macounii – Macoun's fringe-moss
• Racomitrium sudeticum – slender fringe-moss
• Rhabdoweisia crenulata – greater streak-moss
• Rhabdoweisia crispata – toothed streak-moss
• Rhabdoweisia fugax – dwarf streak-moss
• Rhizomnium magnifolium – large-leaf thyme-moss
• Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum – felted thyme-moss
• Rhizomnium punctatum – dotted thyme-moss
• Rhodobryum roseum – rose-moss
• Rhynchostegiella curviseta – curve-stalked feather-moss
• Rhynchostegiella litorea – scabrous feather-moss
• Rhynchostegiella pumila – dwarf feather-moss
• Rhynchostegiella tenella – tender feather-moss
• Rhynchostegiella teneriffae – Teesdale feather-moss
• Rhynchostegium confertum – clustered feather-moss
• Rhynchostegium megapolitanum – megapolitan feather-moss
• Rhynchostegium murale – wall feather-moss
• Rhynchostegium rotundifolium – round-leaved feather-moss
• Rhytidiadelphus loreus – little shaggy-moss
• Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus – springy turf-moss
• Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus – scarce turf-moss
• Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus – big shaggy-moss
• Rhytidium rugosum – wrinkle-leaved feather-moss
• Saelania glaucescens – blue dew-moss
• Sanionia orthothecioides – St Kilda hook-moss
• Sanionia uncinata – sickle-leaved hook-moss
• Schistidium agassizii – water Grimmia
• Schistidium atrofuscum – black mountain Grimmia
• Schistidium confertum – compact Grimmia
• Schistidium crassipilum – thickpoint Grimmia
• Schistidium dupretii – Dupret's Grimmia
• Schistidium elegantulum – elegant Grimmia
• Schistidium flaccidum – goblet Grimmia
• Schistidium frigidum – frigid Grimmia
• Schistidium maritimum – seaside Grimmia
• Schistidium papillosum – rough Grimmia
• Schistidium platyphyllum – broadleaf Grimmia
• Schistidium pruinosum – mealy Grimmia
• Schistidium rivulare – river Grimmia
• Schistidium robustum – robust Grimmia
• Schistidium strictum – upright brown Grimmia
• Schistidium trichodon – stook Grimmia
• Schistostega pennata – luminous moss
• Scleropodium cespitans – tufted feather-moss
• Scleropodium tourettii – glass-wort feather-moss
• Scopelophila cataractae – tongue-leaf copper-moss
• Scorpidium cossonii – intermediate hook-moss
• Scorpidium revolvens – rusty hook-moss
• Scorpidium scorpioides – hooked scorpion-moss
• Scorpiurium circinatum – curving feather-moss
• Seligeria acutifolia – sharp rock-bristle
• Seligeria brevifolia – short rock-bristle
• Seligeria calcarea – chalk rock-bristle
• Seligeria calycina – English rock-bristle
• Seligeria campylopoda – bentfoot rock-bristle
• Seligeria carniolica – water rock-bristle
• Seligeria diversifolia – long rock-bristle
• Seligeria donniana – Donn's rock-bristle
• Seligeria oelandica – Irish rock-bristle
• Seligeria pusilla – dwarf rock-bristle
• Seligeria recurvata – recurved rock-bristle
• Sematophyllum demissum – prostrate signal-moss
• Sematophyllum micans – sparkling signal-moss
• Sematophyllum substrumulosum – bark signal-moss
• Sphagnum affine – imbricate bog-moss
• Sphagnum angustifolium – fine bog-moss
• Sphagnum austinii – Austin's bog-moss
• Sphagnum balticum – Baltic bog-moss
• Sphagnum capillifolium – red bog-moss
• Sphagnum compactum – compact bog-moss
• Sphagnum contortum – twisted bog-moss
• Sphagnum cuspidatum – feathery bog-moss
• Sphagnum denticulatum – cow-horn bog-moss
• Sphagnum fallax – flat-topped bog-moss
• Sphagnum fimbriatum – fringed bog-moss
• Sphagnum flexuosum – flexuous bog-moss
• Sphagnum fuscum – rusty bog-moss
• Sphagnum girgensohnii – Girgensohn's bog-moss
• Sphagnum inundatum – lesser cow-horn bog-moss
• Sphagnum lindbergii – Lindberg's bog-moss
• Sphagnum magellanicum – Magellanic bog-moss
• Sphagnum majus – olive bog-moss
• Sphagnum molle – blushing bog-moss
• Sphagnum obtusum – obtuse bog-moss
• Sphagnum palustre – blunt-leaved bog-moss
• Sphagnum papillosum – papillose bog-moss
• Sphagnum platyphyllum – flat-leaved bog-moss
• Sphagnum pulchrum – golden bog-moss
• Sphagnum quinquefarium – five-ranked bog-moss
• Sphagnum riparium – cleft bog-moss
• Sphagnum russowii – Russow's bog-moss
• Sphagnum skyense – Skye bog-moss
• Sphagnum squarrosum – spiky bog-moss
• Sphagnum strictum – pale bog-moss
• Sphagnum subnitens – lustrous bog-moss
• Sphagnum subsecundum – slender cow-horn bog-moss
• Sphagnum tenellum – soft bog-moss
• Sphagnum teres – rigid bog-moss
• Sphagnum warnstorfii – Warnstorf's bog-moss
• Splachnum ampullaceum – cruet collar-moss
• Splachnum sphaericum – round-fruited collar-moss
• Splachnum vasculosum – rugged collar-moss
• Stegonia latifolia – hood-leaved screw-moss
• Straminergon stramineum – straw spear-moss
• Syntrichia amplexa – clay screw-moss
• Syntrichia intermedia – intermediate screw-moss
• Syntrichia laevipila – small hairy screw-moss
• Syntrichia latifolia – water screw-moss
• Syntrichia norvegica – Norway screw-moss
• Syntrichia papillosa – marble screw-moss
• Syntrichia princeps – brown screw-moss
• Syntrichia ruralis – great hairy screw-moss
• Syntrichia virescens – lesser screw-moss
• Taxiphyllum wissgrillii – depressed feather-moss
• Tayloria lingulata – tongue-leaved gland-moss
• Tayloria tenuis – slender gland-moss
• Tetraphis pellucida – pellucid four-tooth moss
• Tetraplodon angustatus – narrow cruet-moss
• Tetraplodon mnioides – slender cruet-moss
• Tetrodontium brownianum – brown's four-tooth moss
• Tetrodontium repandum – small four-tooth moss
• Thamnobryum alopecurum – fox-tail feather-moss
• Thamnobryum angustifolium – Derbyshire feather-moss
• Thamnobryum cataractarum – Yorkshire feather-moss
• Thuidium assimile – Philibert's tamarisk-moss
• Thuidium delicatulum – delicate tamarisk-moss
• Thuidium recognitum – lesser tamarisk-moss
• Thuidium tamariscinum – common tamarisk-moss
• Timmia austriaca – sheathed Timmia
• Timmia norvegica – Norway Timmia
• Tomentypnum nitens – woolly feather-moss
• Tortella densa – clint crisp-moss
• Tortella flavovirens – yellow crisp-moss
• Tortella fragilis – brittle crisp-moss
• Tortella inclinata – bent crisp-moss
• Tortella inflexa – Sassari crisp-moss
• Tortella limosella – Arisaig crisp-moss
• Tortella nitida – neat crisp-moss
• Tortella tortuosa – frizzled crisp-moss
• Tortula atrovirens – rib-leaf moss
• Tortula canescens – dog screw-moss
• Tortula cernua – flamingo-moss
• Tortula cuneifolia – wedge-leaved screw-moss
• Tortula freibergii – Freiberg's screw-moss
• Tortula lanceola – lance-leaved Pottia
• Tortula leucostoma – alpine Pottia
• Tortula marginata – bordered screw-moss
• Tortula modica – blunt-fruited Pottia
• Tortula muralis – wall screw-moss
• Tortula solmsii – solms' screw-moss
• Tortula subulata – awl-leaved screw-moss
• Tortula truncata – common Pottia
• Tortula vahliana – chalk screw-moss
• Tortula viridifolia – bristly Pottia
• Tortula wilsonii – Wilson's Pottia
• Trematodon ambiguus – ambiguous long-necked moss
• Trichodon cylindricus – cylindric ditrichum
• Trichostomum brachydontium – variable crisp-moss
• Trichostomum crispulum – curly crisp-moss
• Trichostomum hibernicum – Irish crisp-moss
• Trichostomum tenuirostre – narrow-fruited crisp-moss
• Ulota bruchii – Bruch's pincushion
• Ulota calvescens – balding pincushion
• Ulota coarctata – club pincushion
• Ulota crispa – crisped pincushion
• Ulota drummondii – Drummond's pincushion
• Ulota hutchinsiae – Hutchins' pincushion
• Ulota phyllantha – frizzled pincushion
• Warnstorfia exannulata – ringless hook-moss
• Warnstorfia fluitans – floating hook-moss
• Warnstorfia sarmentosa – twiggy spear-moss
• Weissia brachycarpa – small-mouthed beardless-moss
• Weissia condensa – curly beardless-moss
• Weissia controversa – green-tufted stubble-moss
• Weissia levieri – levier's beardless-moss
• Weissia longifolia – crisp beardless-moss
• Weissia multicapsularis – many-fruited beardless-moss
• Weissia perssonii – Persson's stubble-moss
• Weissia rostellata – beaked beardless-moss
• Weissia rutilans – pointed-leaved stubble-moss
• Weissia squarrosa – spreading-leaved beardless-moss
• Weissia sterilis – sterile beardless-moss
• Weissia x mittenii – Mitten's beardless-moss
• Zygodon conoideus – lesser yoke-moss
• Zygodon forsteri – knothole yoke-moss
• Zygodon gracilis – slender yoke-moss
• Zygodon rupestris – park yoke-moss
• Zygodon stirtonii – Stirton's yoke-moss
• Zygodon viridissimus – green yoke-moss

External links

• British Bryological Society Checklist of British and Irish Bryophytes -searchable online database, listing 881 taxa of mosses (i.e. species, subspecies and varieties)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kiaeria blyttii . British Bryological Society . 27 February 2024.
2. Preston . Christopher D. . Harrower . Colin Andrew . Hill . Mark Oliver . A comparison of distribution patterns in British and Irish mosses and liverworts . Arctoa . June 2013 . 35 . 2 . 71 . 10.1179/1743282012Y.0000000045 . 2013JBryo..35...71P . 27 February 2024.