Bryophytes

Alphabetical list by Genus

Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)

Acrobolbaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Acrobolbus ciliatus		Originally collected by Worley (though not processed until later) from near Sitka in the early 1970s. Refound in 2023, with a second population discovered on the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park. Known locations are on steep, north-facing rock, typically further shaded by overgrowing vascular plants. Likely persistently damp (except when frozen), but not overrun with water.

Aneuraceae ( 5 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Aneura pinguis		Small thallose liverwort somewhat similar to Riccardia, but with a greasier look and feel and thicker thallus. Probably quite common in moist habitats
Riccardia chamedryfolia
Riccardia latifrons
Riccardia multifida
Riccardia palmata		Seems to be fairly common in the Sitka area.

Antheliaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Anthelia julacea
Anthelia juratzkana

Aytoniaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Asterella gracilis
Asterella lindenbergiana		Rosette forming thallose liverwort. The skirt-like fringe on the margin of the sporophytes is unique to this genus. The thallose pores have a star-like appearance visible with hand lens
Reboulia hemisphaerica

Blasiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Blasia pusilla		Apparently fairly common rosette forming thallose liverwort along the upper edge of the mud flats Blue Lake, and on sand bars adjacent to the main inflow stream to Blue Lake. Stellate gemmae near the tips of the lobes are fairly distinctive

Calypogeiaceae ( 5 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Calypogeia azurea
Calypogeia integristipula
Calypogeia muelleriana
Calypogeia neesiana
Calypogeia sphagnicola

Cephaloziaceae ( 10 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Cephalozia bicuspidata
Cephalozia connivens
Cephalozia leucantha
Cephalozia loitlesbergeri
Cephalozia lunulifolia
Cephalozia pleniceps
Hygrobiella laxifolia
Odontoschisma elongatum
Odontoschisma fluitans
Pleurocladula albescens		There seems to be disagreement on the proper genus name. PLANTS has Pleurocladula, ITIS has Pleuroclada.

Cephaloziellaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Cephaloziella divaricata
Cephaloziella rubella

Cleveaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Clevea hyalina
Sauteria alpina

Conocephalaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Conocephalum conicum	Scented Liverwort	Common, especially in the forested valley bottoms.

Geocalycaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Geocalyx graveolens

Gymnomitriaceae ( 11 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Gymnomitrion apiculatum
Gymnomitrion concinnatum
Gymnomitrion coralloides
Gymnomitrion obtusum
Gymnomitrion pacificum
Marsupella alpina
Marsupella emarginata
Marsupella sphacelata
Nardia compressa
Nardia geoscyphus
Nardia scalaris

Gyrothyraceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Gyrothyra underwoodiana

Haplomitriaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Haplomitrium hookeri

Harpanthaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Harpanthus flotovianus
Harpanthus scutatus

Herbertaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Herbertus aduncus		Common epiphyte, also found on the ground in peatlands. Worley shows records throughout much of the region. PacNW herbarium database shows collections primarily from the southern half.
Herbertus dicranus		Several collections have been made in the Sitka area. Leaves are lobed 1/2 or less of the overall leaf length

Jubulaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Frullania californica		ID notes from BFNA treatment: Has dorsal lobe ocelli that are variable in their location. While the ocelli are generally few, they may also be scattered or form a short median line in some expressions. May sometimes have dorsal lobe apices that are sporadically acute or even sometimes acuminate. These specimens are otherwise identical to specimens with rounded apices. Distinguishing from Frullania franciscana: Ocelli sometimes scattered on the dorsal lobe (cf. Distinguishing from Frullania nisquallensis: ventral leaf margins plane or nearly so
Frullania chilcootiensis
Frullania franciscana		ID notes from BFNA treatment: has variable dorsal lobe apices that are usually rounded, but may sometimes be bluntly acute. Distinguishing from Frullania californiana: ocelli arranged in a median line that is 1--2, sometimes 3 cells wide for F. franciscana, versus ocelli sometimes scattered on the dorsal lobe Distinguishing from Frullania nisquallensis: In F. nisquallensis the ocelli are frequently absent, although they may be present in a few dorsal lobes as a short, broken line. The ventral leaf margins of F. franciscana usually have a blunt angulation on one or both sides at about the middle of the leaf.
Frullania nisquallensis		Small golden to dark brown leafy liverwort found on tree trunks and less often on rock surfaces. Plants have tiny gladiator-helmet shaped lobe on the lower surface of leaves. ID notes from BFNA treatment: has ovate dorsal lobes with acute to acuminate, deflexed apices, and ocelli absent, scattered, or forming a partial or broken median line. In F. nisquallensis, the ventral leaf margins are entire and reflexed at or above the sinuses. By comparison, both F. franciscana and F. californica have the ventral leaf margins plane or nearly so.

Jungermanniaceae ( 38 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Anastrepta orcadensis
Anastrophyllum assimile
Anastrophyllum donianum
Anastrophyllum minutum
Anastrophyllum saxicola
Barbilophozia attenuata
Barbilophozia barbata
Barbilophozia floerkei
Barbilophozia hatcheri
Barbilophozia kunzeana
Barbilophozia lycopodioides
Barbilophozia quadriloba
Gymnocolea inflata
Jungermannia atrovirens
Jungermannia exsertifolia
Jungermannia pumila
Jungermannia rubra
Jungermannia sphaerocarpa
Liochlaena lanceolata
Lophozia alpestris
Lophozia badensis
Lophozia bantriensis
Lophozia excisa
Lophozia gillmanii
Lophozia guttulata
Lophozia heterocolpos
Lophozia incisa
Lophozia obtusa
Lophozia quadriloba
Lophozia ventricosa
Lophozia wenzelii
Mylia anomala
Mylia taylorii
Rivulariella gemmipara		Not currently known from the region, but worth considering as an apparently rare species with only a handful of collections in total, including from California, Oregon, Washington, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
Solenostoma hyalinum
Solenostoma obovatum
Tritomaria polita
Tritomaria quinquedentata

Lepidoziaceae ( 9 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Bazzania ambigua
Bazzania denudata
Bazzania pearsonii
Bazzania tricrenata
Bazzania trilobata
Kurzia pauciflora
Lepidozia filamentosa
Lepidozia reptans
Lepidozia sandvicensis

Lophocoleaceae ( 5 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Chiloscyphus pallescens
Chiloscyphus polyanthos		See also Chiloscyphus pallescens - Worley's collections in PacNW are currently labeled as C. polyanthos, although (apparently) he did not include it in his treatment. C. polyanthos has collections records from Sitka.
Lophocolea bidentata
Lophocolea cuspidata
Lophocolea heterophylla

Marchantiaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Marchantia polymorpha
Preissia quadrata		So far found in two very different locations near the Sitka road system. It grows under a small overhang on a cliff with a waterfall flowing over it, a very wet microhabitat. It has also been found at 4000 feet on Bear Mountain at the base of a rocky outcrop.

Metzgeriaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Apometzgeria pubescens		A small epiphytic thallose liverwort with narrow round tipped lobes. The abundant hairs on both surfaces - visible with a hand lens or in good light - are a good diagnostic character.
Metzgeria conjugata		rounded growing tips (Metzgeria temperata is pointed) straight hairs (Metzgeria leptoneura c-shaped/curled)
Metzgeria leptoneura		Located at least once on Kruzof Island. rounded growing tips (Metzgeria temperata is pointed); curled hairs (Metzgeria conjugata is straight)
Metzgeria temperata		pointed growing tips (Metzgeria leptoneura and Metzgeria conjugata) rounded

Pallaviciniaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Moerckia blyttii
Moerckia hibernica

Pelliaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Pellia endiviifolia
Pellia epiphylla		The only collection from the region was apparently made in Sitka over 100 years ago.
Pellia neesiana	Ring Pellia	Medium sized thallose liverwort with a somewhat greasy appearance.

Plagiochilaceae ( 6 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Plagiochila arctica		Worley indicates this species is not uncommon in the alpine across the northern part of the region. PacNW herbarium database shows a single collection in Southeast Alaska from Prince of Wales Island.
Plagiochila asplenioides		Worley indicates this species is found throughout the region. PacNW herbarium database currently treats this as a synonym of Plagiochila porelloides (October 2022). FNA note: Plagiochila asplenioides and P. porelloides were confused until recently, and almost all records of P. asplenioides may be P. porelloides. The range of P. asplenioides is currently uncertain and needs to be checked carefully. [1]
Plagiochila gracilis		Worley indicates this species is known only from the outer islands. PacNW herbarium database shows no collections of this species from Southeast Alaska (only from the Aleutian Islands). Worley used P. firma confusa - Plants of British Columbia: Scientific and Common Names of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens indicates this should be P. schoefieldiana which FNA treatment includes as synonym of P. gracilis (but doesn't mention P. firma confusa)
Plagiochila porelloides		Collections in PacNW herbarium database from throughout the region Apparently not treated by Worley, but see note on Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila satoi		Worley indicates this species is found throughout the region. Collections in PacNW herbarium from southern part (as far north as Wrangell).
Plagiochila semidecurrens		Worley indicates this species occurring primarily on the outer islands (though also a record near Ketchikan). PacNW herbarium database shows a handful of collections from the outer coast (two in Sitka, three from apparently the same location in the southern outer islands).

Pleuroziaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Pleurozia purpurea

Porellaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Porella cordaeana
Porella navicularis
Porella platyphylla
Porella roellii

Pseudolepicoleaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Ptilidaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Ptilidium californicum		Seems to be common in the area.
Ptilidium ciliare
Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Radulaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Radula bolanderi		The leaves of R. bolanderi do not overlap, therefore the stem is visible. Radula lacks underleaves which distinguished this genus from Porella and Frullania.
Radula complanata		Radula species lack underleaves which distinguished this genus from Porella and Frullania. The leaves of R. complanata overlap and obscure the underlying stem.
Radula obtusiloba

Scapaniaceae ( 22 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Diplophyllum albicans		Fairly common leafy liverwort found on rocks and other vertical surfaces. Leaves have two lobes together resembling a mitten with a distinctive thumb. The lack of teeth on the leaf margins helps distinguish it from Scapania bolanderi
Diplophyllum imbricatum
Diplophyllum obtusifolium
Diplophyllum plicatum
Diplophyllum taxifolium
Douinia ovata
Macrodiplophyllum flaccidum
Macrodiplophyllum rubrum
Scapania americana
Scapania bolanderi		One of the more common leafy liverworts found on trunks of conifers, down logs and on mounded humus rich soil. The leaves have a smaller upper (surface) leaf lobe and a larger lower lobe, both with toothed margins.
Scapania curta
Scapania gymnostomophila
Scapania irrigua
Scapania mucronata
Scapania ornithopoides		Previously found in Beaver Lake hills.
Scapania paludicola
Scapania paludosa
Scapania scandica
Scapania subalpina
Scapania uliginosa
Scapania umbrosa
Scapania undulata

Treubiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Apotreubia hortoniae		Apparently present in the vicinity of Beaver Lake.

Mosses (Bryophyta)

Amblystegiaceae ( 10 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Amblystegium serpens
Amblystegium varium
Calliergonella cuspidata
Campylium polygamum
Hygrohypnum alpestre
Loeskypnum badium
Loeskypnum wickesiae
Palustriella commutata
Palustriella decipiens
Scorpidium scorpioides

Andreaeaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Andreaea blyttii
Andreaea nivalis
Andreaea rothii
Andreaea rupestris

Aulacomniaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Aulacomnium androgynum
Aulacomnium palustre
Aulacomnium turgidum

Bartramiaceae ( 10 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Bartramia ithyphylla
Bartramia pomiformis
Bartramia subulata		FNA indicates this species is only known from Colorado in North America
Conostomum tetragonum
Philonotis capillaris
Philonotis fontana
Philonotis marchica
Philonotis seriata		FNA indicates this species only occurs in Greenland in North America
Philonotis yezoana
Plagiopus oederiana

Brachytheciaceae ( 21 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Brachythecium albicans
Brachythecium frigidum
Brachythecium nelsonii
Brachythecium oxycladon
Brachythecium plumosum
Brachythecium reflexum
Brachythecium rivulare
Brachythecium salebrosum
Brachythecium starkei
Bryhnia novae-angliae
Cirriphyllum cirrosum
Eurhynchium oreganum
Eurhynchium praelongum
Eurhynchium pulchellum
Homalothecium fulgescens
Homalothecium nevadense
Homalothecium nuttallii
Isothecium myosuroides		Very common polymorphic epiphyte of trees and older shrubs. Regularly pinnate forms (at times called I. cardotii) are found primarily on Yellow Cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) and occasionally on rock or other trees. Slender pendant forms occur on most other surfaces.
Scleropodium cespitans
Scleropodium obtusifolium
Tomentypnum nitens

Bryaceae ( 16 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Anomobryum filiforme
Bryum argenteum
Bryum dichotomum
Haplodontium macrocarpum
Plagiobryum zierii
Ptychostomum arcticum
Ptychostomum capillare
Ptychostomum creberrimum
Ptychostomum imbricatulum
Ptychostomum inclinatum
Ptychostomum knowltonii
Ptychostomum pallens
Ptychostomum pallescens
Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum
Ptychostomum turbinatum
Ptychostomum weigelii

Buxbaumiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Buxbaumia viridis

Campyliaceae ( 16 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Calliergon cordifolium		Collection with sporophytes from Lake Leo on Chichagof Island
Calliergon giganteum
Calliergon straminium
Campylium halleri
Campylium stellatum
Drepanocladus aduncus
Hygrohypnum bestii
Hygrohypnum luridum
Hygrohypnum ochraceum
Hygrohypnum polare
Sanionia uncinata	Sickle Moss
Scorpidium revolvens
Warnstorfia exannulata
Warnstorfia fluitans
Warnstorfia pseudostraminea
Warnstorfia sarmentosa

Catoscopiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Catoscopium nigritum

Climaciaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Climacium dendroides		A tree-like moss found on wet lake shores and other marshy areas. Distinguished from other common tree like mosses by the robust habit, roundish leaves and habitat. The two other tree-like mosses; have either whitish stem leaves, Menzies' Tree Moss (Leucolepis acanthoneuron), or flat-topped finely branched upper stems Pleuroziopsis ruthenica

Cratoneuraceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Cratoneuron filicinum

Dicranaceae ( 37 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Aongstroemia longipes
Arctoa fulvella
Arctoa hyperborea
Campylopus atrovirens
Campylopus gracilis
Campylopus schimperi
Dichodontium pellucidum
Dicranella crispa
Dicranella heteromalla
Dicranella pacifica
Dicranella palustris
Dicranella rufescens
Dicranella schreberiana
Dicranella subulata
Dicranella varia
Dicranodontium asperulum
Dicranodontium denudatum
Dicranodontium uncinatum
Dicranum bonjeanii
Dicranum elongatum
Dicranum fragilifolium
Dicranum fuscescens
Dicranum howellii
Dicranum majus
Dicranum muhlenbeckii
Dicranum pallidisetum
Dicranum polysetum
Dicranum scoparium
Dicranum spadiceum
Dicranum tauricum
Dicranum undulatum
Kiaeria blyttii
Kiaeria falcata
Kiaeria glacialis
Kiaeria starkei
Paraleucobryum enerve
Rhabdoweisia crispata

Ditrichaceae ( 6 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Ceratodon purpureus		Common around Sitka.
Distichium capillaceum
Distichium inclinatum
Ditrichum ambiguum
Ditrichum flexicaule
Ditrichum heteromallum

Encalyptaceae ( 5 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Encalypta affinis
Encalypta ciliata
Encalypta procera
Encalypta rhaptocarpa
Encalypta vulgaris

Entodontaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Entodon concinnus

Fissidentaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Fissidens adianthoides
Fissidens bryoides
Fissidens grandifrons
Fissidens osmundioides

Fontinalaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Dichelyma falcatum
Fontinalis antipyretica
Fontinalis hypnoides

Funariaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Funaria hygrometrica

Grimmiaceae ( 33 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Bucklandiella affinis		Recent segregate of Bucklandiella heterosticha
Bucklandiella brevipes
Bucklandiella heterosticha
Bucklandiella lawtoniae
Bucklandiella sudetica
Codriophorus acicularis		Green to blackish moss found on wet rocks and boulders near and in streams. The blunt tipped leaves with toothed upper margins and erect capsules help distinguish this moss from Scouleria aquatica, a species similar in appearance and habitat.
Codriophorus fascicularis		Habitat of photo differs from that given by Worley. Consider also C. varius
Codriophorus mollis
Codriophorus ryszardii
Codriophorus varius
Coscinodon yukonensis
Grimmia anodon		Widespread and common in western North American. Reported from Alaska, but so far not from Southeast. Per BFNA, found on exposed calcareous sandstone, limestone, and concrete.
Grimmia anomala
Grimmia attenuata
Grimmia donniana		So far not found in Southeast Alaska. Could possibly occur and should be looked for on acidic granite and sandstone.
Grimmia leibergii		The find at Red Bluff Bay was a significant extension of the known range. Favors dry acidic boulders.
Grimmia longirostris		Not known from Southeast Alaska. Favors exposed dry acidic granite and quartzite. Seems most likely to occur in the drier areas of the northern end of Southeast Alaska.
Grimmia mollis		Not known from Alaska, but found in British Columbia. Favors wet acidic rocks in alpine habitats.
Grimmia muehlenbeckii		Prefers shaded acidic rock, often near lakes. Known from Washington. It's occurrence in Southeast would appear to be a significant extension of the known range in North America.
Grimmia ovalis
Grimmia ramondii
Grimmia sessitana		Not currently known from Southeast Alaska. Most likely to occur on moist acidic granite in the alpine.
Grimmia torquata
Grimmia trichophylla
Niphotrichum canescens
Niphotrichum elongatum		Previously lumped with N. canescens, some reports of that species may actually be this taxon. FNA notes this species is more southern in its distribution, though is known to occur as far north as Gilbert Island in Southeast Alaska. (However, it's not clear where Gilbert Island is - there is one in BC adjacent to the mainland east of Haida Gwaii.)
Niphotrichum ericoides
Racomitrium lanuginosum
Schistidium agassizii
Schistidium apocarpum
Schistidium frigidum
Schistidium maritimum
Schistidium strictum

Hedwigiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Hedwigia ciliata

Hookeriaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Hookeria acutifolia
Hookeria lucens		Glossy light green plants with roundish leaves and overall flattened appearance. Leaves have very large cells which are easily visible with a hand lens or with very sharp eyes.

Hylocomiaceae ( 9 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Hylocomiastrum pyrenaicum
Hylocomiastrum umbratum
Hylocomium splendens	Step Moss	Probably the most easily recognized moss species in our area. The stair step growth pattern of the feather-like plants is unmistakable. Most common in forested areas.
Pleurozium schreberi	Big Red-stem Moss
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus	Electrified Cat's Tail
Rhytidiopsis robusta

Hypnaceae ( 23 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Buckiella undulata		Fairly common moss of coniferous forests. Grows on ground, decaying wood and occasionally as an epiphyte on the lowermost boles of trees
Herzogiella adscendens
Herzogiella striatella
Hypnum bambergeri
Hypnum callichroum
Hypnum circinale		Abundant as an epiphyte at low elevations. Found on both living trees and dead wood. Easy to observe along trails close to town.
Hypnum cupressiforme		Nearest report is from Kuiu Island.
Hypnum dieckii
Hypnum hamulosum
Hypnum lindbergii
Hypnum pallescens
Hypnum plicatulum
Hypnum pratense
Hypnum revolutum
Hypnum subimponens
Isopterygiopsis muelleriana
Isopterygiopsis pulchella
Orthothecium chryseum
Orthothecium strictum
Platydictya jungermannioides
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	Small Flat Moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis	Knight's Plume Moss
Pylaisiella polyantha

Hypopterygiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Hypopterygium fauriei

Leskeaceae ( 12 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Claopodium bolanderi
Claopodium crispifolium		Seems to be reasonably common.
Claopodium pellucinerve
Claopodium whippleanum
Lescuraea saxicola
Pseudoleskea atricha
Pseudoleskea baileyi
Pseudoleskea incurvata
Pseudoleskea julacea
Pseudoleskea patens
Pseudoleskea radicosa
Pseudoleskea stenophylla

Leucodontaceae ( 2 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Antitrichia californica
Antitrichia curtipendula

Meesiaceae ( 6 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Amblyodon dealbatus
Leptobryum pyriforme		Reported from Kuiu and near Gustavus.
Meesia longiseta
Meesia triquetra
Meesia uliginosa
Paludella squarrosa

Mniaceae ( 29 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Leucolepis acanthoneuron	Menzies' Tree Moss
Mnium blyttii
Mnium lycopodioides		FNA treatment distribution doesn't include Alaska and notes this species is difficult to distinguish from M. marginatum. The latter's range does include Alaska, but it was not included by Worley.
Mnium spinulosum
Mnium thomsonii
Plagiomnium cuspidatum
Plagiomnium ellipticum
Plagiomnium insigne	Badge Moss	Fairly common upright moss with oval leaves and toothed leaf margins. Frequently having multiple sporophytes with nodding capsules.
Plagiomnium medium
Plagiomnium rostratum
Pohlia andalusica
Pohlia annotina
Pohlia bulbifera
Pohlia columbica
Pohlia cruda
Pohlia drummondii
Pohlia elongata
Pohlia filum
Pohlia nutans
Pohlia proligera
Pohlia sphagnicola
Pohlia wahlenbergii
Pseudobryum cinclidioides
Rhizomnium andrewsianum
Rhizomnium glabrescens		Roundish leaves, smooth leaf margins and somewhat sparse stem rhizoids distinguish this common moss. Found growing on the ground, rotten logs or on lower trunks in a variety of coniferous forests.
Rhizomnium magnifolium		Stems have abundant brownish rhizoids.
Rhizomnium nudum
Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum
Trachycystis flagellaris

Neckeraceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Neckera douglasii
Neckera menziesii
Neckera pennata
Thamnobryum neckeroides

Oedipodiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Oedipodium griffithianum

Orthotrichaceae ( 20 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Lewinskya speciosa		Worley's map shows collections from the northern mainland. From BFNA "The ribbed capsule, large size, and more slender leaf apices distinguish it."
Orthotrichum anomalum		Worley reports this as primarily an interior species, with the only coastal record from Skagway.
Orthotrichum columbicum		Recently (re)separated from Orthotrichum consimile (see paper linked below in references). Calyptra naked (separating from O. consimile) and exostome not reddish (separating from O. pulchellum)
Orthotrichum consimile		Recent paper (see link below) indicates this species may occur in the region, but Orthotrichum columbicum is likely much more frequent. Hairy calyptra distinguishes this species from Orthotrichum columbicum
Orthotrichum cupulatum		Reported from limestone outrcrop on Kuiu Island. Has been considered rare in Alaska and BC, where it is primarily known from the interior (Worley notes)
Orthotrichum lyellii		Collections noted by Worley all from far northern mainland. Has been found on non-native landscaping trees in Sitka.
Orthotrichum obtusifolium		Worley reported as known only from Skagway.
Orthotrichum pulchellum		Scattered collected noted by Worley from across much of the region. Separated from Orthotrichum consimile and Orthotrichum columbicum by reddish exostome. From BFNA account: "Distinguished from all species of Ulota by the glabrous calyptra and immersed stomates, and from O. consimile by the 16, reddish exostome teeth that are papillose-reticulate with slender, high papillae, and by the stomates that are always located at or beyond the middle of the capsule. Also, O. pulchellum has plants that are rarely longer than 1 cm and the capsules are usually just barely exserted and oblong-cylindric."
Orthotrichum rupestre		Worley reports this has been found at Lake Lindeman, BC - and has more of a continental distribution.
Ulota barclayi		Worley shows collections span the region. BFNA indicates leaves should be much less twisty than other species in the area. Also leaves at base of sporophyte will be different than the rest of its leaves, and exostome teeth are reflexed.
Ulota crispa		BFNA indicate this species is restricted to east of the Mississippi River in NA, see http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200001670 However, a 2016 publication Integrative taxonomy sheds light on an old problem: the Ulota crispa complex (Orthotrichaceae, Musci) has this species in western North America. The range map included shows Washington and southern BC, but it may be worth considering it as a possibility in this region See also Ulota intermedia
Ulota curvifolia		Worley notes only reports are from Skagway and Lake Lindeman. Grows on rock (may be more likely to be found at higher elevations - if it occurs in the region beyond where it's been reported).
Ulota drummondii		Worley shows records from outer islands and near Juneau, and reports its generally on alder in this region. Capsule more football shaped should be distinct.
Ulota intermedia		Part of the U. crispa complex which BFNA indicates is restricted to east of the Mississippi River in NA, see http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200001670 (though Worley reported it from Southeast Alaska - see Ulota crispa) However, a 2016 publication Integrative taxonomy sheds light on an old problem: the Ulota crispa complex (Orthotrichaceae, Musci) has this species in western North America. The range map included shows U. intermedia the only one in the complex currently known/expected from Southeast Alaska.
Ulota megalospora		A few collections were noted by Worley, who thought it probably occurred throughout the region. Creeping stems with erect branches should be distinct in this genus in the region (though consider Ulota reptans)
Ulota obtusiuscula		Common throughout the region. BFNA notes this species has consistently contorted and twisted leaves, even when wet.
Ulota phyllantha		Common maritime species. Dark brown 'brood-bodies' at the end of leaves are usually present and distinctive for this species.
Ulota reptans		BFNA doesn't indicate this species is currently known from NA, see http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=50&taxon_id=250062028
Zygodon reinwardtii		Worley reports an old record from southern tip of Prince of Wales Island as the only one in the region.
Zygodon viridissimus		BFNA does not include Alaska in the range of this species, though Worley indicates a handful of records from as far north as Sitka (while noting it is increasingly rare at the northern end of its range).

Plagiotheciaceae ( 4 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Plagiothecium cavifolium
Plagiothecium denticulatum
Plagiothecium laetum
Plagiothecium piliferum

Pleuroziopsaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Pleuroziopsis ruthenica

Polytrichaceae ( 17 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Atrichum selwynii
Bartramiopsis lescurii
Meiotrichum lyallii
Oligotrichum aligerum
Oligotrichum hercynicum
Oligotrichum parallelum
Pogonatum contortum		P. laterale not listed as a synonym for P. contortum in BFNA, but is listed as such on ITIS.
Pogonatum dentatum
Pogonatum urnigerum
Polytrichastrum alpinum
Polytrichastrum formosum
Polytrichastrum longisetum
Polytrichastrum sexangulare
Polytrichum commune
Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum piliferum
Polytrichum strictum

Pottiaceae ( 22 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Aloina brevirostris
Anoectangium aestivum		Worley's map and species account do not seem to be concordant. The map does match the UBC herbarium database for this species. Volume 27 of the Flora of North America describes the habitat of A. aestivum as calcareous or non calcareous rock, sandstone walls, rock ledges, exposed moist crevices and wet areas from 10-3300 m.
Barbula unguiculata
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Didymodon fallax
Didymodon ferrugineus
Didymodon giganteus
Didymodon nigrescens
Didymodon rigidulus
Didymodon vinealis
Gymnostomum aeruginosum
Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
Syntrichia norvegica
Syntrichia ruralis
Tortella fragilis
Tortella inclinata
Tortella tortuosa
Tortula deciduidentata
Tortula hoppeana
Tortula mucronifolia
Trichostomum tenuirostre
Weissia controversa

Pterigynandraceae ( 7 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Heterocladium dimorphum
Heterocladium macounii
Heterocladium procurrens
Iwatsukiella leucotricha
Myurella julacea
Myurella sibirica
Pterigynandrum filiforme

Rhabdoweisiaceae ( 9 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Amphidium lapponicum
Amphidium mougeotii
Cynodontium jenneri
Cynodontium polycarpon		May not be present in Southeast Alaska, as reports may end up as Cynodontium jenneri. See note in species description on BFNA.
Cynodontium schisti
Cynodontium tenellum
Dicranoweisia crispula
Oncophorus virens
Oncophorus wahlenbergii

Rhytidiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Rhytidium rugosum

Schistostegaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Schistostega pennata	Goblin's Gold

Scouleriaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Scouleria aquatica

Seligeriaceae ( 5 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Blindia acuta
Brachydontium olympicum
Seligeria campylopoda
Seligeria donniana
Seligeria pusilla

Sematophyllaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Brotherella canadensis

Sphagnaceae ( 43 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Sphagnum alaskense
Sphagnum andersonianum		Andrus indicates this species is probably not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum angustifolium		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum aongstroemii		Andrus indicates this species is in Southeast, though it's not clear how common. Rock ledges are a common habitat.
Sphagnum austinii		Andrus says this species is common on hummock tops in Southeast Alaska. Worley treated S. imbricatum, but according to the FNA entry on Sphagnum imbricatum, it is primarily an Asian species with a single collection from Northwestern Alaska. S. austinii seems like the most likely option for collections previously identified as S. imbricatum.
Sphagnum balticum		Andrus indicates this species is uncommon in Southeast Alaska and probably not the same as the balticum in the arctic-subarctic.
Sphagnum bartlettianum		Andrus describes the abundance as scatterred in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum brevifolium		Andrus indicates this species probably widespread but not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum capillifolium
Sphagnum centrale		BFNA indicates this species does not occur in Alaska. Possibly collections are in fact Sphagnum alaskense?
Sphagnum compactum		Andrus says Fairly Common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum divinum		Formerly S. magellanicum https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736687.2018.1474424?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=yjbr20
Sphagnum fimbriatum		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum fuscum
Sphagnum girgensohnii
Sphagnum henryense		Andrus indicates there are only a couple of records of this species from Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum inexspectatum		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum inundatum		Andrus indicates this species is not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum lenense		Andrus indicates this species is rare in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum lindbergii
Sphagnum mendocinum		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum obtusum		Andrus indicates this species is common near Yakutat.
Sphagnum pacificum		Andrus indicates this species is very common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum palustre		Status of this species is unclear. Included in Worley as occuring in the Sitka area, but BFNA Account for Sphagnum palustre does not have it occuring in Alaska.
Sphagnum papillosum
Sphagnum platyphyllum		Not in BFNA, recently described? Andrus indicates this species is not common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum pseudopapillosum		Apparently not in BFNA. Andrus says: "pseudopapillosum"- an as yet undescribed but common species. grows around bases of hummocks and in dense carpet patches in blanket mires. Looks rather like compactum. Common on Sitka.
Sphagnum quinquefarium
Sphagnum riparium
Sphagnum rubellum
Sphagnum rubiginosum		Andrus indicates this species is common, especially in forests in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum russowii		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum sitchense		Type specimen was collected on Harbor Mountain
Sphagnum sjorsianum		Andrus says this recently described species is uncommon and known from only Juneau and Ketchikan so far.
Sphagnum squarrosum
Sphagnum subfulvum		Andrus indicates this species is scattered and rare in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum subnitens		Andrus described the abundance as "Scattered"
Sphagnum subsecundum		Andrus says: "per Jon Shaw, a different species separate from subsecundum in Eastern NA but call it this for now. maybe common"
Sphagnum tenellum		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.
Sphagnum teres
Sphagnum tongassense		Andrus indicates this is an undescribed species known from only one location in Juneau so far.
Sphagnum warnstorfii		Andrus indicates this species is common in Yakutat and has been collected in Juneau but is rare.
Sphagnum wilfii		Andrus indicates this species is common in Southeast Alaska.

Splachnaceae ( 6 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Splachnum sphaericum
Splachnum vasculosum
Tayloria lingulata
Tayloria serrata
Tetraplodon mnioides
Tetraplodon urceolatus

Takakiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Takakia lepidozioides

Tetraphidaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Tetraphis geniculata
Tetraphis pellucida
Tetrodontium brownianum

Thuidiaceae ( 3 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Abietinella abietina
Helodium blandowii
Thuidium philibertii

Timmiaceae ( 1 species)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Summary
Timmia austriaca