Bryophytes
Contents
- 1 Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
- 1.1 Acrobolbaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.2 Aneuraceae ( 5 species)
- 1.3 Antheliaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.4 Aytoniaceae ( 3 species)
- 1.5 Blasiaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.6 Calypogeiaceae ( 5 species)
- 1.7 Cephaloziaceae ( 10 species)
- 1.8 Cephaloziellaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.9 Cleveaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.10 Conocephalaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.11 Geocalycaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.12 Gymnomitriaceae ( 11 species)
- 1.13 Gyrothyraceae ( 1 species)
- 1.14 Haplomitriaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.15 Harpanthaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.16 Herbertaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.17 Jubulaceae ( 4 species)
- 1.18 Jungermanniaceae ( 38 species)
- 1.19 Lepidoziaceae ( 9 species)
- 1.20 Lophocoleaceae ( 5 species)
- 1.21 Marchantiaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.22 Metzgeriaceae ( 4 species)
- 1.23 Pallaviciniaceae ( 2 species)
- 1.24 Pelliaceae ( 3 species)
- 1.25 Plagiochilaceae ( 6 species)
- 1.26 Pleuroziaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.27 Porellaceae ( 4 species)
- 1.28 Pseudolepicoleaceae ( 1 species)
- 1.29 Ptilidaceae ( 3 species)
- 1.30 Radulaceae ( 3 species)
- 1.31 Scapaniaceae ( 22 species)
- 1.32 Treubiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2 Mosses (Bryophyta)
- 2.1 Amblystegiaceae ( 10 species)
- 2.2 Andreaeaceae ( 4 species)
- 2.3 Aulacomniaceae ( 3 species)
- 2.4 Bartramiaceae ( 10 species)
- 2.5 Brachytheciaceae ( 21 species)
- 2.6 Bryaceae ( 16 species)
- 2.7 Buxbaumiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.8 Campyliaceae ( 16 species)
- 2.9 Catoscopiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.10 Climaciaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.11 Cratoneuraceae ( 1 species)
- 2.12 Dicranaceae ( 37 species)
- 2.13 Ditrichaceae ( 6 species)
- 2.14 Encalyptaceae ( 5 species)
- 2.15 Entodontaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.16 Fissidentaceae ( 4 species)
- 2.17 Fontinalaceae ( 3 species)
- 2.18 Funariaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.19 Grimmiaceae ( 33 species)
- 2.20 Hedwigiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.21 Hookeriaceae ( 2 species)
- 2.22 Hylocomiaceae ( 9 species)
- 2.23 Hypnaceae ( 23 species)
- 2.24 Hypopterygiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.25 Leskeaceae ( 12 species)
- 2.26 Leucodontaceae ( 2 species)
- 2.27 Meesiaceae ( 6 species)
- 2.28 Mniaceae ( 29 species)
- 2.29 Neckeraceae ( 4 species)
- 2.30 Oedipodiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.31 Orthotrichaceae ( 20 species)
- 2.32 Plagiotheciaceae ( 4 species)
- 2.33 Pleuroziopsaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.34 Polytrichaceae ( 17 species)
- 2.35 Pottiaceae ( 22 species)
- 2.36 Pterigynandraceae ( 7 species)
- 2.37 Rhabdoweisiaceae ( 9 species)
- 2.38 Rhytidiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.39 Schistostegaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.40 Scouleriaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.41 Seligeriaceae ( 5 species)
- 2.42 Sematophyllaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.43 Sphagnaceae ( 43 species)
- 2.44 Splachnaceae ( 6 species)
- 2.45 Takakiaceae ( 1 species)
- 2.46 Tetraphidaceae ( 3 species)
- 2.47 Thuidiaceae ( 3 species)
- 2.48 Timmiaceae ( 1 species)
Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Acrobolbaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Anthelia julacea | ||
Anthelia juratzkana |
Aytoniaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Calypogeia azurea | ||
Calypogeia integristipula | ||
Calypogeia muelleriana | ||
Calypogeia neesiana | ||
Calypogeia sphagnicola |
Cephaloziaceae ( 10 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Cephaloziella divaricata | ||
Cephaloziella rubella |
Cleveaceae ( 2 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Clevea hyalina | ||
Sauteria alpina |
Conocephalaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Conocephalum conicum | Scented Liverwort | Common, especially in the forested valley bottoms. |
Geocalycaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Geocalyx graveolens |
Gymnomitriaceae ( 11 species)
Gyrothyraceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Gyrothyra underwoodiana |
Haplomitriaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Haplomitrium hookeri |
Harpanthaceae ( 2 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Harpanthus flotovianus | ||
Harpanthus scutatus |
Herbertaceae ( 2 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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.
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Jungermanniaceae ( 38 species)
Lepidoziaceae ( 9 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Moerckia blyttii | ||
Moerckia hibernica |
Pelliaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pleurozia purpurea |
Porellaceae ( 4 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Porella cordaeana | ||
Porella navicularis | ||
Porella platyphylla | ||
Porella roellii |
Pseudolepicoleaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Blepharostoma trichophyllum |
Ptilidaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Ptilidium californicum | Seems to be common in the area. | |
Ptilidium ciliare | ||
Ptilidium pulcherrimum |
Radulaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Apotreubia hortoniae | Apparently present in the vicinity of Beaver Lake. |
Mosses (Bryophyta)
Amblystegiaceae ( 10 species)
Andreaeaceae ( 4 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Andreaea blyttii | ||
Andreaea nivalis | ||
Andreaea rothii | ||
Andreaea rupestris |
Aulacomniaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Aulacomnium androgynum | ||
Aulacomnium palustre | ||
Aulacomnium turgidum |
Bartramiaceae ( 10 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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)
Buxbaumiaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Buxbaumia viridis |
Campyliaceae ( 16 species)
Catoscopiaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Catoscopium nigritum |
Climaciaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Cratoneuron filicinum |
Dicranaceae ( 37 species)
Ditrichaceae ( 6 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Ceratodon purpureus | Common around Sitka. | |
Distichium capillaceum | ||
Distichium inclinatum | ||
Ditrichum ambiguum | ||
Ditrichum flexicaule | ||
Ditrichum heteromallum |
Encalyptaceae ( 5 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Encalypta affinis | ||
Encalypta ciliata | ||
Encalypta procera | ||
Encalypta rhaptocarpa | ||
Encalypta vulgaris |
Entodontaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Entodon concinnus |
Fissidentaceae ( 4 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Fissidens adianthoides | ||
Fissidens bryoides | ||
Fissidens grandifrons | ||
Fissidens osmundioides |
Fontinalaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Dichelyma falcatum | ||
Fontinalis antipyretica | ||
Fontinalis hypnoides |
Funariaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Funaria hygrometrica |
Grimmiaceae ( 33 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Hedwigia ciliata |
Hookeriaceae ( 2 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hypopterygium fauriei |
Leskeaceae ( 12 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Antitrichia californica | ||
Antitrichia curtipendula |
Meesiaceae ( 6 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Neckera douglasii | ||
Neckera menziesii | ||
Neckera pennata | ||
Thamnobryum neckeroides |
Oedipodiaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Oedipodium griffithianum |
Orthotrichaceae ( 20 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Plagiothecium cavifolium | ||
Plagiothecium denticulatum | ||
Plagiothecium laetum | ||
Plagiothecium piliferum |
Pleuroziopsaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Pleuroziopsis ruthenica |
Polytrichaceae ( 17 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Heterocladium dimorphum | ||
Heterocladium macounii | ||
Heterocladium procurrens | ||
Iwatsukiella leucotricha | ||
Myurella julacea | ||
Myurella sibirica | ||
Pterigynandrum filiforme |
Rhabdoweisiaceae ( 9 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Rhytidium rugosum |
Schistostegaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Schistostega pennata | Goblin's Gold |
Scouleriaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Scouleria aquatica |
Seligeriaceae ( 5 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Blindia acuta | ||
Brachydontium olympicum | ||
Seligeria campylopoda | ||
Seligeria donniana | ||
Seligeria pusilla |
Sematophyllaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Brotherella canadensis |
Sphagnaceae ( 43 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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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 |
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Splachnum sphaericum | ||
Splachnum vasculosum | ||
Tayloria lingulata | ||
Tayloria serrata | ||
Tetraplodon mnioides | ||
Tetraplodon urceolatus |
Takakiaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Takakia lepidozioides |
Tetraphidaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Tetraphis geniculata | ||
Tetraphis pellucida | ||
Tetrodontium brownianum |
Thuidiaceae ( 3 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Abietinella abietina | ||
Helodium blandowii | ||
Thuidium philibertii |
Timmiaceae ( 1 species)
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Timmia austriaca |