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  5. Pottiales
  6. Pottiaceae

family

Pottiaceae

Pottiaceae

Includes
21 native 59 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Syntrichia 3 native
  • Vinealobryum 3 native
  • Tortella Moss 3 native
  • Tortula Moss 2 native
  • Anoectangium 1 native
  • Hyophila 1 native
  • Weissia 1 native
  • Hymenostylium 1 native
  • Leptodontium 1 native
  • Streblotrichum 1 native
  • Bryoerythrophyllum 1 native
  • Gymnostomum 1 native
  • Pterygoneurum 1 native
  • Barbula 1 native
  • Aloina
  • Hypodontium
  • Microbryum
  • Gyroweisia
  • Husnotiella
  • Chenia
  • Pseudocrossidium
  • Triquetrella
  • Molendoa
  • Trichostomopsis

Range

United States

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

Top native Pottiaceae All

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

  • Star Moss Syntrichia ruralis
  • Green-tufted Stubble Moss Weissia controversa
  • Bird's-Claw Beard-Moss Barbula unguiculata
  • Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss Streblotrichum convolutum
  • Hyophila Moss Hyophila involuta
  • Soft-tufted Beard-moss Vinealobryum vineale
  • Marbled Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
  • Cylindric Beard-moss Vinealobryum insulanum
  • Small Twisted Moss Tortella humilis
  • Verdigris Tufa-moss Gymnostomum aeruginosum
  • Rib-leaf Moss Tortula atrovirens
  • Cuspidate Earth Moss Tortula acaulon
  • Oval-leaved Pottia Pterygoneurum ovatum
  • Hook-beak Tufa-moss Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
  • Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
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