List of the mosses of Britain and Ireland

A list of the mosses of Britain and Ireland.

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Abietinella abietina – fir tamarisk-moss
Acaulon muticum – rounded pygmy-moss
– triangular pygmy-moss
Aloina aloides – common aloe-moss
– tall aloe-moss
– short-beaked aloe-moss
– rigid aloe-moss
Amblyodon dealbatus – short-tooth hump-moss
– tiny feather-moss
Amblystegium humile – constricted feather-moss
– swamp feather-moss
Amblystegium serpens – creeping feather-moss
– willow feather-moss
– Lapland yoke-moss
– Mougeot's yoke-moss
– slender rock-moss
– alpine rock-moss
– Blytt's rock-moss
Andreaea frigida – icy rock-moss
– big-spored rock-moss
– changeable rock-moss
Andreaea nivalis – snow rock-moss
Andreaea rothii – dusky rock-moss
Andreaea rupestris – black rock-moss
– small-spored rock-moss
– summer-moss
Anomobryum julaceum – slender silver-moss
Anomodon attenuatus – slender tail-moss
– long-leaved tail-moss
– rambling tail-moss
Antitrichia curtipendula – pendulous wing-moss
– sprig-moss
Aphanorrhegma patens – spreading earth-moss
– carrion-moss
– clay earth-moss
– Arctic fork-moss
Atrichum angustatum – lesser smoothcap
– fountain smoothcap
– slender smoothcap
Atrichum undulatum – common smoothcap
– bud-headed groove-moss
Aulacomnium palustre – bog groove-moss
Aulacomnium turgidum – mountain groove-moss
– 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
– upright apple-moss
– sharp-leaved blindia
– dwarf blindia
– bristle-leaf
– whitish feather-moss
– Appleyard's feather-moss
– redfoot feather-moss
– snow feather-moss
– streaky feather-moss
Brachythecium mildeanum – sand feather-moss
– rusty feather-moss
– matted feather-moss
– reflexed feather-moss
– river feather-moss
– rough-stalked feather-moss
– smooth-stalk feather-moss
– Starke's feather-moss
– Lawers feather-moss
– velvet feather-moss
– golden-head moss
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum – Scottish beard-moss
– rufous beard-moss
– red beard-moss
– drooping thread-moss
– alpine thread-moss
– archangelic thread-moss
– Arctic thread-moss
Bryum argenteum – silver-moss
– bimous marsh Bryum
– potato Bryum
Bryum caespiticium – tufted thread-moss
– blunt Bryum
– canary thread-moss
Bryum capillare – capillary thread-moss
– tight-tufted thread-moss
Bryum cyclophyllum – round-leaved Bryum
– bicoloured Bryum
Bryum dixonii – Dixon's thread-moss
– Don's thread-moss
Bryum elegans – blushing Bryum
– Funck's thread-moss
– small-bud Bryum
– yellow-bud Bryum
– Welsh thread-moss
– small-mouthed thread-moss
– many-seasoned thread-moss
– raspberry Bryum
Bryum knowltonii – Knowlton's thread-moss
– flabby thread-moss
– Lawers thread-moss
– sand thread-moss
– Baltic Bryum
– Milde's thread-moss
– Muehlenbeck's thread-moss
– long-leaved thread-moss
– pale thread-moss
– tall-clustered thread-moss
Bryum pseudotriquetrum – marsh Bryum
– wall thread-moss
– river thread-moss
– crimson-tuber thread-moss
– pea Bryum
– saltmarsh thread-moss
– Sauter's thread-moss
Bryum schleicheri – Schleicher's thread-moss
– Stirton's thread-moss
– lesser potato Bryum
– yellow-tuber thread-moss
– twisting thread-moss
Bryum turbinatum – topshape thread-moss
– cernuous thread-moss
– pill Bryum
Bryum warneum – warne's thread-moss
– duval's thread-moss
– brown shield-moss
Buxbaumia viridis – green shield-moss
Calliergon cordifolium – heart-leaved spear-moss
Calliergon giganteum – giant spear-moss
– pointed spear-moss
– lindberg's plait-moss
– southern Hookeria
– golden feather-moss
– fine-leaved marsh feather-moss
Campylium protensum – dull starry feather-moss
Campylium stellatum – yellow starry feather-moss
– chalk feather-moss
– haller's feather-moss
– bristly swan-neck moss
– compact swan-neck moss
– rusty swan-neck moss
– brittle swan-neck moss
– Schwarz's swan-neck moss
Campylopus introflexus – heath star moss
– stiff swan-neck moss
Campylopus pyriformis – dwarf swan-neck moss
– Schimper's swan-neck moss
– silky swan-neck moss
– Shaw's swan-neck moss
– rusty bow-moss
– awl-leaved swan-neck moss
– bent-moss
– down-looking moss
– scarce redshank
Ceratodon purpureus – redshank
– rabbit moss
Cinclidium stygium – lurid cupola-moss
– smaller lattice-moss
– fountain lattice-moss
– tendril feather-moss
– beech feather-moss
– hair-pointed feather-moss
Climacium dendroides – tree-moss
– compact feather-moss
Conostomum tetragonum – helmet-moss
– sieve-tooth moss
– bent-stem hook-moss
– fern-leaved hook-moss
– lateral cryphaea
Ctenidium molluscum – chalk comb-moss
– alpine comb-moss
– bright-green cave-moss
– false dog-tooth
– Jenner's dog-tooth
– many-fruited dog-tooth
– strumose dog-tooth
– delicate dog-tooth
– Irish Daltonia
– multi-fruited cryphaea
– pointed lattice-moss
– yellowish fork-moss
– marsh forklet-moss
Dichodontium pellucidum – transparent fork-moss
– red-neck forklet-moss
– curl-leaved forklet-moss
– Greville's forklet-moss
– silky forklet-moss
– rufous forklet-moss
– Schreber's forklet-moss
– field forklet-moss
– awl-leaved forklet-moss
Dicranella varia – variable forklet-moss
– orange bow-moss
Dicranodontium denudatum – beaked bow-moss
– curve-leaved bow-moss
– common pincushion
Dicranoweisia crispula – mountain pincushion
– waved fork-moss
– crisped fork-moss
– dense fork-moss
– whip fork-moss
– bendy fork-moss
– dusky fork-moss
Dicranum leioneuron – fuzzy fork-moss
Dicranum majus – greater fork-moss
– mountain fork-moss
– rugose fork-moss
Dicranum scoparium – broom fork-moss
– Scott's fork-moss
Dicranum spurium – rusty fork-moss
– fragile fork-moss
– pointed beard-moss
– shady beard-moss
– cordate beard-moss
– fallacious beard-moss
– rusty beard-moss
– glaucous beard-moss
– slender beard-moss
– cylindric beard-moss
– dusky beard-moss
Didymodon mamillosus – Perthshire beard-moss
– Irish beard-moss
– Nicholson's beard-moss
– rigid beard-moss
– wavy beard-moss
– brown beard-moss
Didymodon tomaculosus – sausage beard-moss
Didymodon tophaceus – olive beard-moss
– soft-tufted beard-moss
– nut-moss
Discelium nudum – flag-moss
Distichium capillaceum – fine Distichium
– inclined Distichium
Ditrichum cornubicum – Cornish path-moss
– bendy ditrichum
– slender ditrichum
– curve-leaved ditrichum
– dark ditrichum
– lead-moss
– brown ditrichum
– awl-leaved ditrichum
– alpine ditrichum
– Kneiff's hook-moss
– fertile feather-moss
– chalk hook-moss
– alpine extinguisher-moss
– white-mouthed extinguisher-moss
– fringed extinguisher-moss
– ribbed extinguisher-moss
– spiral extinguisher-moss
– common extinguisher-moss
Entodon concinnus – Montagne's cylinder-moss
– thin cord-moss
– Hasselquist's hyssop
– Muhlenberg's cord-moss
– blunt cord-moss
– pretty cord-moss
– clustered earth-moss
– minute earth-moss
– strap-leaved earth-moss
– serrated earth-moss
– sessile earth-moss
– starry earth-moss
– Tozer's thread-moss
– whorled tufa-moss
– Portland feather-moss
– elegant feather-moss
– lesser striated feather-moss
Eurhynchium striatum – common striated feather-moss
Fissidens adianthoides – maidenhair pocket-moss
– lesser pocket-moss
– Welsh pocket-moss
– fatfoot pocket-moss
– Curnow's pocket-moss
– Portuguese pocket-moss
Fissidens dubius – rock pocket-moss
– tiny pocket-moss
Fissidens exilis – slender pocket-moss
– narrow-leaved pocket-moss
– short-leaved pocket-moss
Fissidens limbatus – Herzog's pocket-moss
– Atlantic pocket-moss
– purple-stalked pocket-moss
– many-leaved pocket-moss
– petty pocket-moss
– river pocket-moss
– beck pocket-moss
– large Atlantic pocket-moss
– common pocket-moss
– green pocket-moss
Fontinalis antipyretica – greater water-moss
– alpine water-moss
Funaria hygrometrica – common cord-moss
– black-tufted moss
– toothless Grimmia
– sand Grimmia
– copper Grimmia
– hedgehog Grimmia
– great Grimmia
– Donn's Grimmia
– large Grimmia
– brown Grimmia
– string Grimmia
– hartman's Grimmia
– black Grimmia
– hoary Grimmia
– north Grimmia
– sun Grimmia
– round-fruited Grimmia
– flat-rock Grimmia
Grimmia pulvinata – grey-cushioned Grimmia
– spreading-leaved Grimmia
– dapple-mouthed Grimmia
– twisted Grimmia
– hair-pointed Grimmia
– alpine Grimmia
– dingy Grimmia
– verdigris tufa-moss
Gymnostomum calcareum – blunt-leaf tufa-moss
Gymnostomum viridulum – Luisier's tufa-moss
– reflexed beardless-moss
Gyroweisia tenuis – slender stubble-moss
– lesser squirrel-tail moss
Hamatocaulis vernicosus – varnished hook-moss
Hedwigia ciliata – fringed hoar-moss
– green hoar-moss
– starry hoar-moss
Helodium blandowii – Blandow's tamarisk-moss
Hennediella heimii – Heim's Pottia
– short Pottia
– Stanford screw-moss
– Silesian feather-moss
– Muhlenbeck's feather-moss
– dimorphous tamarisk-moss
– wry-leaved tamarisk-moss
– wulfsberg's tamarisk-moss
– blunt feather-moss
– yellow feather-moss
Homalothecium sericeum – silky wall feather-moss
Homomallium incurvatum – incurved feather-moss
Hookeria lucens – shining Hookeria
– brook-side feather-moss
Hygroamblystegium tenax – fountain feather-moss
– broad-leaved brook-moss
– western brook-moss
– drab brook-moss
Hygrohypnum molle – soft brook-moss
– claw brook-moss
– polar brook-moss
– Arctic brook-moss
Hygrohypnum styriacum – snow brook-moss
– Oake's wood-moss
– shaded wood-moss
Hylocomium splendens – glittering wood-moss
– robust tufa-moss
– hook-beak tufa-moss
– flagellate feather-moss
– mamillate plait-moss
– golden plait-moss
– downy plait-moss
Hypnum cupressiforme – cypress-leaved plait-moss
– hook-leaved plait-moss
– pellucid plait-moss
– heath plait-moss
– great plait-moss
– supine plait-moss
– revolute plait-moss
– hooked plait-moss
– Vaucher's plait-moss
– Mueller's silk-moss
– neat silk-moss
– larger mouse-tail moss
– Holt's mouse-tail moss
Isothecium myosuroides – slender mouse-tail moss
Kiaeria blyttii – Blytt's fork-moss
– sickle-leaved fork-moss
– snow fork-moss
– Starke's fork-moss
Kindbergia praelonga – common feather-moss
– beric beard-moss
Leptobryum pyriforme – golden thread-moss
Leptodictyum riparium – Kneiff's feather-moss
– Prince-of-Wales feather-moss
– bent-leaved beard-moss
– thatch-moss
– vectis-moss
– rock feather-moss
Leskea polycarpa – many-fruited Leskea
Leucobryum glaucum – large white-moss
Leucobryum juniperoideum – smaller white-moss
Leucodon sciuroides – squirrel-tail moss
– short-beaked wood-moss
Meesia triquetra – three-ranked hump-moss
Meesia uliginosa – broad-nerved hump-moss
– swan-necked earth-moss
– Floerke's phascum
– upright Pottia
– millimetre moss
– elongate copper-moss
– alpine copper-moss
– ambiguous thyme-moss
– swan's-neck thyme-moss
– bordered thyme-moss
– spinose thyme-moss
Mnium stellare – starry thyme-moss
– short-beaked thyme-moss
– Warburg's moss
– flood-moss
– small mouse-tail moss
– dwarf mouse-tail moss
– hare-tail moss
Neckera complanata – flat Neckera
Neckera crispa – crisped Neckera
Neckera pennata – feathered Neckera
– dwarf Neckera
– fountain pocket-moss
Oedipodium griffithianum – gouty-moss
– Hercynian haircap
Oncophorus virens – green spur-moss
– wahlenberg's spur-moss
– Brunton's dog-tooth
– slender thread-moss
– cape thread-moss
– fine-leaved Leskea
– red Leskea
– wood bristle-moss
– anomalous bristle-moss
– hooded bristle-moss
– white-tipped bristle-moss
– aspen bristle-moss
Orthotrichum lyellii – Lyell's bristle-moss
– blunt-leaved bristle-moss
– pale bristle-moss
– elegant bristle-moss
– dwarf bristle-moss
– river bristle-moss
– rock bristle-moss
– showy bristle-moss
– Spruce's bristle-moss
– straw bristle-moss
Orthotrichum striatum – Shaw's bristle-moss
– slender bristle-moss
– Swartz's feather-moss
– twist-tip feather-moss
– showy feather-moss
Paludella squarrosa – tufted fen-moss
Palustriella commutata – curled hook-moss
– lesser curled hook-moss
– claw-leaved hook-moss
– drooping-leaved beard-moss
Paraleucobryum longifolium – long-leaved fork-moss
Phascum cuspidatum – cuspidate earth-moss
– Arnell's apple-moss
Philonotis caespitosa – tufted apple-moss
Philonotis calcarea – thick-nerved apple-moss
– swan-necked apple-moss
– fountain apple-moss
Philonotis marchica – bog apple-moss
– rigid apple-moss
– spiral apple-moss
– woolly apple-moss
– Norfolk bladder-moss
Physcomitrium pyriforme – common bladder-moss
– dwarf bladder-moss
– pict-moss
– alpine hump-moss
– zierian hump-moss
Plagiomnium affine – many-fruited thyme-moss
Plagiomnium cuspidatum – woodsy thyme-moss
– tall thyme-moss
– marsh thyme-moss
Plagiomnium medium – alpine thyme-moss
– long-beaked thyme-moss
– hart's-tongue thyme-moss
– Oeder's apple-moss
– round silk-moss
– curved silk-moss
– dented silk-moss
– bright silk-moss
Plagiothecium latebricola – alder silk-moss
– woodsy silk-moss
– hair silk-moss
– alpine silk-moss
– juicy silk-moss
Plagiothecium undulatum – waved silk-moss
– Spruce's Leskea
– flat-brocade moss
Platyhypnidium alopecuroides – Portuguese feather-moss
Platyhypnidium riparioides – long-beaked water feather-moss
– taper-leaved earth-moss
– awl-leaved earth-moss
– side-fruited crisp-moss
Pleurozium schreberi – red-stemmed feather-moss
Pogonatum aloides – aloe haircap
Pogonatum nanum – dwarf haircap
Pogonatum urnigerum – urn haircap
– gravel thread-moss
– pale-fruited thread-moss
– blunt-bud thread-moss
– crookneck nodding-moss
Pohlia cruda – opal thread-moss
– Lapland thread-moss
– Drummond's thread-moss
– long-fruited thread-moss
– fat-bud thread-moss
– orange-bud thread-moss
– pretty nodding-moss
– Ludwig's thread-moss
– yellow thread-moss
– pink-fruited thread-moss
Pohlia nutans – nodding thread-moss
– blunt-leaved thread-moss
– bent-bud thread-moss
Pohlia scotica – Scottish thread-moss
– pale glaucous thread-moss
– alpine haircap
– bank haircap
– slender haircap
– northern haircap
Polytrichum commune – common haircap
Polytrichum juniperinum – juniper haircap
Polytrichum piliferum – bristly haircap
Polytrichum strictum – strict haircap
Pottia davalliana – smallest Pottia
– Starke's Pottia
– round-fruited Pottia
– tall Pottia
– delicate earth-moss
– river thyme-moss
Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides – large hook-moss
Pseudocalliergon trifarium – three-ranked spear-moss
– turgid scorpion-moss
– Hornschuch's beard-moss
– revolute beard-moss
– brown mountain Leskea
– patent Leskea
– chained Leskea
– nerved Leskea
– wispy Leskea
Pseudoscleropodium purum – neat feather-moss
– elegant silk-moss
Pterigynandrum filiforme – capillary wing-moss
– bird's-foot wing-moss
– spiral chalk-moss
Pterygoneurum ovatum – oval-leaved Pottia
Ptilium crista-castrensis – ostrich-plume feather-moss
– plaited Leskea
– long-shanked pincushion
– many-flowered Leskea
– yellow fringe-moss
– lesser fringe-moss
– narrow-leaved fringe-moss
– hoary fringe-moss
– oval-fruited fringe-moss
– long fringe-moss
– dense fringe-moss
– green mountain fringe-moss
– bristly fringe-moss
– Himalayan fringe-moss
Racomitrium lanuginosum – woolly fringe-moss
– Macoun's fringe-moss
– slender fringe-moss
– greater streak-moss
– toothed streak-moss
– dwarf streak-moss
– large-leaf thyme-moss
Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum – felted thyme-moss
Rhizomnium punctatum – dotted thyme-moss
Rhodobryum roseum – rose-moss
– curve-stalked feather-moss
– scabrous feather-moss
– dwarf feather-moss
– tender feather-moss
– Teesdale feather-moss
– clustered feather-moss
– megapolitan feather-moss
Rhynchostegium murale – wall feather-moss
– round-leaved feather-moss
Rhytidiadelphus loreus – little shaggy-moss
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus – springy turf-moss
– scarce turf-moss
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus – big shaggy-moss
– wrinkle-leaved feather-moss
– blue dew-moss
– St Kilda hook-moss
– sickle-leaved hook-moss
– water Grimmia
– black mountain Grimmia
– compact Grimmia
– thickpoint Grimmia
– Dupret's Grimmia
– elegant Grimmia
– goblet Grimmia
– frigid Grimmia
– seaside Grimmia
– rough Grimmia
– broadleaf Grimmia
– mealy Grimmia
– river Grimmia
– robust Grimmia
– upright brown Grimmia
– stook Grimmia
Schistostega pennata – luminous moss
– tufted feather-moss
– glass-wort feather-moss
– tongue-leaf copper-moss
– intermediate hook-moss
– rusty hook-moss
– hooked scorpion-moss
– curving feather-moss
– sharp rock-bristle
– short rock-bristle
– chalk rock-bristle
– English rock-bristle
– bentfoot rock-bristle
– water rock-bristle
– long rock-bristle
– Donn's rock-bristle
– Irish rock-bristle
– dwarf rock-bristle
– recurved rock-bristle
– prostrate signal-moss
– sparkling signal-moss
– bark signal-moss
Sphagnum affine – imbricate bog-moss
Sphagnum angustifolium – fine bog-moss
– Austin's bog-moss
– Baltic bog-moss
Sphagnum capillifolium – red bog-moss
Sphagnum compactum – compact bog-moss
– twisted bog-moss
Sphagnum cuspidatum – feathery bog-moss
– cow-horn bog-moss
Sphagnum fallax – flat-topped bog-moss
Sphagnum fimbriatum – fringed bog-moss
– flexuous bog-moss
Sphagnum fuscum – rusty bog-moss
Sphagnum girgensohnii – Girgensohn's bog-moss
Sphagnum inundatum – lesser cow-horn bog-moss
– Lindberg's bog-moss
Sphagnum magellanicum – Magellanic bog-moss
– olive bog-moss
Sphagnum molle – blushing bog-moss
– 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
– cleft bog-moss
Sphagnum russowii – Russow's bog-moss
– Skye bog-moss
Sphagnum squarrosum – spiky bog-moss
– pale bog-moss
Sphagnum subnitens – lustrous bog-moss
– slender cow-horn bog-moss
Sphagnum tenellum – soft bog-moss
– rigid bog-moss
– Warnstorf's bog-moss
– cruet collar-moss
Splachnum sphaericum – round-fruited collar-moss
– rugged collar-moss
– hood-leaved screw-moss
– straw spear-moss
– clay screw-moss
– intermediate screw-moss
– small hairy screw-moss
Syntrichia latifolia – water screw-moss
– Norway screw-moss
– marble screw-moss
– brown screw-moss
Syntrichia ruralis – great hairy screw-moss
– lesser screw-moss
– depressed feather-moss
Tayloria lingulata – tongue-leaved gland-moss
Tayloria tenuis – slender gland-moss
Tetraphis pellucida – pellucid four-tooth moss
– narrow cruet-moss
– 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
– Yorkshire feather-moss
– Philibert's tamarisk-moss
Thuidium delicatulum – delicate tamarisk-moss
– lesser tamarisk-moss
Thuidium tamariscinum – common tamarisk-moss
– sheathed Timmia
– Norway Timmia
– woolly feather-moss
– clint crisp-moss
– yellow crisp-moss
Tortella fragilis – brittle crisp-moss
– bent crisp-moss
– Sassari crisp-moss
– Arisaig crisp-moss
– neat crisp-moss
– frizzled crisp-moss
– rib-leaf moss
– dog screw-moss
– flamingo-moss
– wedge-leaved screw-moss
– Freiberg's screw-moss
– lance-leaved Pottia
– alpine Pottia
– bordered screw-moss
– blunt-fruited Pottia
Tortula muralis – wall screw-moss
– solms' screw-moss
– awl-leaved screw-moss
– common Pottia
– chalk screw-moss
– bristly Pottia
– Wilson's Pottia
Trematodon ambiguus – ambiguous long-necked moss
– cylindric ditrichum
– variable crisp-moss
– curly crisp-moss
– Irish crisp-moss
– narrow-fruited crisp-moss
– Bruch's pincushion
– balding pincushion
– club pincushion
Ulota crispa – crisped pincushion
– Drummond's pincushion
– Hutchins' pincushion
– frizzled pincushion
Warnstorfia exannulata – ringless hook-moss
Warnstorfia fluitans – floating hook-moss
– twiggy spear-moss
– small-mouthed beardless-moss
– curly beardless-moss
Weissia controversa – green-tufted stubble-moss
– levier's beardless-moss
– crisp beardless-moss
Weissia multicapsularis – many-fruited beardless-moss
– Persson's stubble-moss
– beaked beardless-moss
– pointed-leaved stubble-moss
Weissia squarrosa – spreading-leaved beardless-moss
Weissia sterilis – sterile beardless-moss
– Mitten's beardless-moss
– lesser yoke-moss
– knothole yoke-moss
Zygodon gracilis – slender yoke-moss
– park yoke-moss
– 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)