family
Rock Mosses
Grimmiaceae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native rock mosses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Woolly Fringe-moss
Racomitrium lanuginosum
food
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Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Grimmia pulvinata
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Sessile Grimmia
Schistidium apocarpum
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Hoary Fringe-moss
Racomitrium canescens
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Black Moss
Grimmia montana
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Toothless Grimmia
Grimmia anodon
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Hair-pointed Grimmia
Grimmia trichophylla
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Twisted Grimmia
Grimmia torquata
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Lesser Fringe-moss
Racomitrium affine
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Steppe Mouse-moss
Coscinodon calyptratus
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North Grimmia
Grimmia longirostris
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Dense Rock Moss
Racomitrium ericoides
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Variegated Grimmia
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea
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Donn's Grimmia
Grimmia donniana
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Flat-rock Grimmia
Grimmia ovalis