Top native feather mosses
103 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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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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Rough Goose Neck Moss
Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus
food
1
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Rough-stalked Feather-moss
Brachythecium rutabulum
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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Seductive Entodon Moss
Entodon seductrix
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Delicate Fern Moss
Thuidium delicatulum
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Spoon-leaved Moss
Bryoandersonia illecebra
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Cat's Tail Moss
Pseudisothecium stoloniferum
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Ostrich-plume Moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis
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Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Hypnum cupressiforme
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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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Waterside Feather Moss
Brachythecium rivulare
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Streamside Leptodictyum Moss
Leptodictyum riparium
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California Antitrichia Moss
Antitrichia californica
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Pipecleaner Moss
Rhytidiopsis robusta
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Tree Climacium Moss
Climacium dendroides
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Coiled-leaf Claw-moss
Hypnum circinale
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Obtuseleaf Scleropodium Moss
Scleropodium obtusifolium
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Pendulous Wing-moss
Antitrichia curtipendula
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Willow Moss
Fontinalis antipyretica
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Square Gooseneck Moss
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
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Menzies' Metaneckera Moss
Neckera menziesii
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Elegant Silk-moss
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
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Golden Feather-moss
Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus
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Hook-leaved Fern Moss
Thuidium recognitum
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Platyhypnidium Moss
Rhynchostegium riparioides
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Heart-leaved Spear-moss
Calliergon cordifolium
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Kneiff's Hook-moss
Drepanocladus aduncus
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Whitish Feather-moss
Brachythecium albicans
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Toothed Plagiothecium Moss
Plagiothecium denticulatum
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Curly Plait Moss
Stereodon subimponens
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Mouse-tail Moss
Pseudisothecium myosuroides
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Golden Glade-moss
Rhytidium rugosum
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Round Silk-moss
Plagiothecium cavifolium
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Homaliodendron flabellatum
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Fern-leaved Hook-moss
Cratoneuron filicinum
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Eastern Weft-moss
Thuidium cymbifolium
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Glasswort Feather-moss
Scleropodium touretii
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Capillary Wing-moss
Pterigynandrum filiforme
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Velvet Feather-moss
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
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Smooth-stalk Feather-moss
Brachythecium salebrosum
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Cryphaea Moss
Cryphaea glomerata
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Many-flowered Leskea
Pylaisia polyantha
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Golden Fuzzy Fen Moss
Tomentypnum nitens
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Fontinalis Moss
Fontinalis hypnoides