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Moss
Mosses are small, nonvascular plants that produce spores instead of seeds.
list of mosses
Mosses are small, nonvascular, spore-bearing plants of the division Bryophyta. The approximately 12,000 species are distributed throughout the world. The following is a list of some of the major genera and species of mosses, arranged alphabetically by common name.
- apple moss (Bartramia pomiformis)
- carpet moss (genus Hypnum)
- sheet moss (H. curvifolium)
- cord moss (genus Funaria)
- cushion moss (genus Leucobryum)
- elf-cap moss (genus Buxbaumia)
- extinguisher moss (genus Encalypta)
- feather moss (Ptilim crista-castrensis, monotypic genus)
- fern moss (genus Thuidium)
- fringe moss (genus Grimmia)
- granite moss (family Andreaeaceae)
- hair-cap moss (genus Polytrichum)
- horn-tooth moss (genus Ceratodon)
- luminous moss (Schistostega pennata)
- peat moss (genus Sphagnum)
- rose moss (Rhodobryum roseum)
- screw moss (genus Tortula)
- tree moss (genus Climacium)
- water moss (genus Fontinalis)
- wind-blown moss (genus Dicranum)
- broom moss (D. scoparium)
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