Common Ohio Mosses
Photographs and Descriptions
This is a gallery of mostly common, and a few not so common, Ohio mosses. The thumbnails lead to individual species account pages. These pages, constructed by OMLA members Bob Klips (photos) and Diane Lucas (descriptions), show the general aspect, and in some instances microscopic leaf features, of just over 100 of the approximately 420 species reported to occur in the state. Each page’s text includes identification features, and habitat/substrate information, along with dot maps from the Ohio Moss Atlas showing which counties the mosses have been observed in. We hope you find this educational and enjoyable.
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Anacamptodon
splachnoides
Anomodon
minor
Astomum
muhlenbergianum
Atrichum
altecristatum
Atrichum
angustatum
Aulacomnium
heterostichum
Aulacomnium
palustre
Barbula
unguiculata
Bartramia
pomiformis
Bartramia
pomiformis
Brothera
leana
Brotherella
recurvans
Bruchia
flexuosa
Bryhnia
graminicolor
Bryoandersonia
illecebra
Bryoxiphium
norvegicum
Bryum
argenteum
Bryum
caespiticium
Callicladium
haldaneanum
Callicladium
imponens
Calliergonella
curvifolia
Calliergonella
lindbergii
Campylium
chrysophyllum
Campylium
stellatum
Ceratodon
purpureus
Chionoloma
tenuirostre
Claopodium
rostratum
Climacium
americanum
Ctenidium
molluscum
Diphyscium
foliosum
Dicranella
heteromalla
Dicranum
polysetum
Dicranum
scoparium
Dicranum
spurium
Ditrichum
pallidum
Drepanocladus
aduncus
Entodon
seductrix
Ephemerum
cohaerens
Fissidens
adianthoides
Fissidens
bryoides
Fissidens
obtusifolius
Fissidens
subbasilaris
Fissidens
taxifolius
Funaria
hygrometrica
Gymnostomum
aeruginosum
Haplocladium
virginianum
Haplohymenium
triste
Helodium
paludosum
Homalotheciella
subcapillata
Homomallium
adnatum
Hygromblystegium
varium
Hyophila
involuta
Leskea
gracilescens
Leucobryum
glaucum
Leucodon
julaceus
Lindbergia
brachyptera
Loeskeobryum
brevirostre
Mnium
hornum
Orthodicranum
flagellare
Orthodicranum
fulvum
Orthodicranum
montanum
Orthotrichum
pumilum
Orthotrichum
strangulatum
Oxyrrhynchium
hians
Pelekium
pygmaeum
Philonotis
fontana
Philonotis
marchica
Physcomitrium
collenchymatum
Physcomitrium
pyriforme
Physcomitrium
serratum
Plagiomnium
ciliare
Plagiomnium
cuspidatum
Plagiomnium
medium
Plagiothecium
cavifolium
Plagiothecium
denticulatum
Platygyrium
repens
Pleuridium
subulatum
Pleurozium
schreberi
Pogonatum
pensylvanicum
Pohlia
nutans
Polytrichastrum
ohioense
Polytrichum
commune
Polytrichum
juniperinum
Polytrichum
piliferum
Pseudanomodon
attenuatus
Ptychostomum
creberrimum
Ptychostomum
pseudotriquetrum
Pylaisiadelpha
tenuirostris
Rhizomnium
punctatum
Rhodobryum
ontariense
Rhynchostegium
serrulatum
Rosulabryum
flaccidum
Schistidium
apocarpum
Serpoleskea
confervoides
Sphagnum
fallax
Sphagnum
fimbriatum
Sphagnum
lescurii
Sphagnum
palustre
Syntrichia
laevipila
Syntrichia
papillosa
Taxiphyllum
deplanatum
Taxiphyllum
taxirameum
Tetraphis
pellucida
Thelia
asprella
Thuidium
delicatulum
Tortella
humilis
Tortella
tortuosa
Tortula
acaulon
Tortula
obtusifolia
Tortula
porteri
Tortula
truncata
Trematodon
longicollis
Ulota
crispa
Ulota
hutchinsiae
Weissia
controversa