Top native mosses
366 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Common Haircap Moss
Polytrichum commune
food
2
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Broom Forkmoss
Dicranum scoparium
food
2
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Red-stemmed Feather Moss
Pleurozium schreberi
food
2
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Stairstep Moss
Hylocomium splendens
food
1
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Juniper Haircap Moss
Polytrichum juniperinum
food
1
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Redshank
Ceratodon purpureus
food
1
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Rough Goose Neck Moss
Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus
food
1
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Waxyleaf Moss
Dicranum polysetum
food
1
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Rough-stalked Feather-moss
Brachythecium rutabulum
food
1
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Alpine Haircap Moss
Polytrichastrum alpinum
food
1
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Recurved Peatmoss
Sphagnum recurvum
food
1
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Woolly Fringe-moss
Racomitrium lanuginosum
food
1
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Pointed Spear-moss
Calliergonella cuspidata
food
1
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Sickle-leaved Hook-moss
Sanionia uncinata
food
1
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Yellow Starry Fen Moss
Campylium stellatum
food
1
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Grandleaf Rhizomnium Moss
Rhizomnium magnifolium
flowers
1
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Seductive Entodon Moss
Entodon seductrix
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Delicate Fern Moss
Thuidium delicatulum
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Pincushion Moss
Leucobryum glaucum
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Woodsy Thyme-moss
Plagiomnium cuspidatum
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Lesser Smoothcap
Atrichum angustatum
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Silvery Bryum
Bryum argenteum
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Ciliate Hoarmoss
Hedwigia ciliata
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Spoon-leaved Moss
Bryoandersonia illecebra
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White Moss
Leucobryum albidum
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Bonfire Moss
Funaria hygrometrica
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Star Moss
Syntrichia ruralis
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Cat's Tail Moss
Pseudisothecium stoloniferum
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Catherine's Moss
Atrichum undulatum
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Bristly Haircap Moss
Polytrichum piliferum
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Ontario Rhodobryum Moss
Rhodobryum ontariense
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Badge Moss
Plagiomnium insigne
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Wavy-leaf Moss
Plagiomnium ciliare
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Common Apple-moss
Bartramia pomiformis
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Prairie Peatmoss
Sphagnum palustre
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White Octoblepharum Moss
Octoblepharum albidum
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Ribbed Bog Moss
Aulacomnium palustre
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Ohio Haircap Moss
Polytrichum ohioense
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Ostrich-plume Moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis
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Green-tufted Stubble Moss
Weissia controversa
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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Hypnum cupressiforme
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Rhizomnium Moss
Rhizomnium glabrescens
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Crome Sphagnum
Sphagnum squarrosum
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Lanky Moss
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
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Common Feather-moss
Kindbergia praelonga
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Creeping Feather-moss
Amblystegium serpens
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Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Grimmia pulvinata
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Capillary Thread-moss
Ptychostomum capillare
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Girgensohn's Peatmoss
Sphagnum girgensohnii
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Pyrrhobryum Moss
Pyrrhobryum spiniforme