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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Mosses
  4. Joint-toothed Mosses
  5. Dicranales
  6. Dicranaceae
  7. Fork-mosses

genus

Fork-mosses

Dicranum

Includes
7 native 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children 24 of 28

  • Broom Forkmoss native
  • Waxyleaf Moss native
  • Boulder Broom Moss present
  • Montane Dicranum Moss native
  • Dusky Fork-moss native
  • Fragile Fork-moss native
  • Whip Fork Moss present
  • Dicranum Moss present
  • Greater Fork-moss present
  • Bog Broom Moss
  • Condensed Dicranum Moss
  • Howell's Dicranum Moss native
  • Crisped Fork-moss native
  • Dicranum speirophyllum native
  • Rusty Fork-moss
  • Broom-moss native
  • Confusing Broom Moss
  • Ontario Dicranum Moss
  • Acuteleaf Dicranum Moss
  • Dicranum pallidisetum
  • Fuzzy Fork-moss
  • Greenland Dicranum Moss
  • Fragile Leaf Dicranum Moss
  • Muehlenbeck's Dicranum Moss native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native fork-mosses All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Broom Forkmoss Dicranum scoparium food 2
  • Waxyleaf Moss Dicranum polysetum food 1
  • Montane Dicranum Moss Dicranum montanum
  • Dusky Fork-moss Dicranum fuscescens
  • Fragile Fork-moss Dicranum tauricum
  • Dicranum speirophyllum
  • Howell's Dicranum Moss Dicranum howellii
  • Broom-moss Dicranum elongatum
  • Crisped Fork-moss Dicranum bonjeanii
  • Muehlenbeck's Dicranum Moss Dicranum muehlenbeckii

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