Mosses Encyclopedia

Sphagnum majus (Greater Sphagnum)

Sphagnum majus is a peat moss found in bog pool/hollow, typically olive green in color and forming colonies 2–20 cm tall. Large pool species, boreal bogs As a member of...

Sphagnum majus (Greater Sphagnum)

Sphagnum majus is a peat moss found in bog pool/hollow, typically olive green in color and forming colonies 2–20 cm tall. Large pool species, boreal bogs As a member of...

Sphagnum rubellum (Red Peat Moss)

Sphagnum rubellum is a peat moss found in bog hummock, typically red/pink in color and forming colonies 2–20 cm tall. Small red sphagnum, hummock specialist As a member of the...

Sphagnum rubellum (Red Peat Moss)

Sphagnum rubellum is a peat moss found in bog hummock, typically red/pink in color and forming colonies 2–20 cm tall. Small red sphagnum, hummock specialist As a member of the...

Paludella squarrosa (Squarrose Marsh Moss)

Paludella squarrosa is a acrocarpous moss of the family Meesiaceae, forming distinctive, erect stems with strongly squarrose (spreading at right angles) leaf arrangement typically 5-15 cm tall in rich fens,...

Paludella squarrosa (Squarrose Marsh Moss)

Paludella squarrosa is a acrocarpous moss of the family Meesiaceae, forming distinctive, erect stems with strongly squarrose (spreading at right angles) leaf arrangement typically 5-15 cm tall in rich fens,...

Ceratodon purpureus (Fire Moss)

Ceratodon purpureus is a acrocarpous moss of the family Ditrichaceae, forming low turfs typically 0–3 cm tall in disturbed/urban/walls. It is notable for purple setae, cosmopolitan weed moss. This species...

Ceratodon purpureus (Fire Moss)

Ceratodon purpureus is a acrocarpous moss of the family Ditrichaceae, forming low turfs typically 0–3 cm tall in disturbed/urban/walls. It is notable for purple setae, cosmopolitan weed moss. This species...

Atrichum undulatum (Common Smoothcap Moss)

Atrichum undulatum is a acrocarpous moss of the family Polytrichaceae, forming loose turfs typically 2–8 cm tall in woodland floor/banks. It is notable for transversely undulate leaves, dark green. This...

Atrichum undulatum (Common Smoothcap Moss)

Atrichum undulatum is a acrocarpous moss of the family Polytrichaceae, forming loose turfs typically 2–8 cm tall in woodland floor/banks. It is notable for transversely undulate leaves, dark green. This...

Sanionia uncinata (Sickle-moss)

Sanionia uncinata is a pleurocarpous moss of the family Amblystegiaceae, forming golden-green to yellowish, strongly falcate-secund mats typically 3-10 cm tall in soil, rock ledges, and tree bases in boreal,...

Sanionia uncinata (Sickle-moss)

Sanionia uncinata is a pleurocarpous moss of the family Amblystegiaceae, forming golden-green to yellowish, strongly falcate-secund mats typically 3-10 cm tall in soil, rock ledges, and tree bases in boreal,...