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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Mosses
  4. Joint-toothed Mosses
  5. Splachnales
  6. Dung Mosses

family

Dung Mosses

Splachnaceae

Includes
1 native 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cruet-mosses 1 native
  • Aplodon
  • Voitia
  • Poo Mosses
  • Splachnum Dung Moss

Range

United States

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

Top native dung mosses All

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

  • Slender Cruet-moss Tetraplodon mnioides
  • Serrate Dung Moss Tayloria serrata

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