List of club-mosses and mosses of Montana
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There are at least 23 species of Club-moss
es and 153 species of Moss
es found in Montana
., The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
has identified a number of Club-moss and moss species as Species of Concern.
Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae
Order: Isoetales
, Family: Isoetaceae
Order: Selaginellales, Family: Selaginellaceae
Order: Sphagnales
, Family: Sphagnaceae
Order: Polytrichales, Family: Polytrichaceae
Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiopsida is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the fern allies. Traditionally the group included not only the clubmosses and firmosses, but also the spikemosses and the quillworts...
es and 153 species of Moss
Moss
Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems...
es found in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
., The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is a government agency in the executive branch state of Montana in the United States with responsibility for protecting sustainable fish, wildlife, and state-owned park resources in Montana for the purpose of providing recreational activities...
has identified a number of Club-moss and moss species as Species of Concern.
Club-mosses
Class: LycopodiopsidaLycopodiopsida
Lycopodiopsida is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the fern allies. Traditionally the group included not only the clubmosses and firmosses, but also the spikemosses and the quillworts...
Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiaceae
The Lycopodiaceae is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives...
- Alaskan ClubmossLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium sitchense - Alpine ClubmossLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium alpinum - Chinese Clubmoss, Huperzia chinensis
- Northern Bog ClubmossLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium inundatum - Pacific Clubmoss, Huperzia haleakalae
- Running-pineLycopodium clavatumLycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium of the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae....
, Lycopodium clavatum - Running-pineLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium lagopus - Stiff ClubmossLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium annotinum - Trailing ClubmossLycopodiumLycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedar, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies...
, Lycopodium complanatum - Treelike ClubmossLycopodium dendroideumLycopodium dendroideum is a clubmoss native to the northeastern United States. It is part of a complex of species colloquially known as groundpine and which was originally all lumped under the species Lycopodium obscurum. This species was known as L. obscurum L. var...
, Lycopodium dendroideum - Western Clubmoss, Huperzia occidentalis
Quillworts
Class: IsoetopsidaIsoetopsida
The Isoetopsida is a class of the Lycopodiophyta. All living plants belong to the genus Selaginella in the Selaginellales or to Isoetes in the order Isoetales. In the past, members of this group have sometimes been placed in the class Isoetopsida, sometimes in the Selaginellopsida or Lycopodiopsida...
Order: Isoetales
Isoetales
Isoetales, also written Isoëtales, is an order of plants in the class Isoetopsida. There are about 140-150 living species, all classified in the genus Isoëtes , with a cosmopolitan distribution but often scarce to rare. Living species are mostly aquatic or semi-aquatic in clear ponds and...
, Family: Isoetaceae
- Bolander's QuillwortIsoetes bolanderiIsoetes bolanderi is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Bolander's quillwort. This is a "primitive" aquatic plant native to western North America which grows almost entirely underwater in lakes and other water bodies...
, Isoetes bolanderi - Howell's QuillwortIsoetes howelliiIsoetes howellii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Howell's quillwort. This is a "primitive" aquatic plant native to western North America which grows in wet habitat such as vernal pools. It produces pointed, cylindrical, bright green leaves approaching 30 centimeters...
, Isoetes howellii - Nuttall QuillwortIsoetes nuttalliiIsoetes nuttallii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Nuttall's quillwort. This is a "primitive" plant native to western North America from British Columbia to California which grows in wet habitat such as seasonal streams. It produces pointed, cylindrical, green to...
, Isoetes nuttallii - Spiny-spore Quillwort, Isoetes echinospora
- Western Quillwort, Isoetes occidentalis
Spike-mosses
Class: IsoetopsidaIsoetopsida
The Isoetopsida is a class of the Lycopodiophyta. All living plants belong to the genus Selaginella in the Selaginellales or to Isoetes in the order Isoetales. In the past, members of this group have sometimes been placed in the class Isoetopsida, sometimes in the Selaginellopsida or Lycopodiopsida...
Order: Selaginellales, Family: Selaginellaceae
- Dense Spike-mossSelaginella densaSelaginella densa is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss...
, Selaginella densa - Lesser SpikemossSelaginella densaSelaginella densa is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss...
, Selaginella densa var. densa - Low Spike-mossSelaginella selaginoidesSelaginella selaginoides is a non-flowering plant of the spikemoss genus Selaginella with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere. It resembles a moss in appearance but is a vascular plant belonging to the division Lycopodiophyta...
, Selaginella selaginoides - Rocky Mountain SpikemossSelaginella densaSelaginella densa is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss...
, Selaginella densa var. scopulorum - Standley's Spike-mossSelaginella densaSelaginella densa is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss...
, Selaginella densa var. standleyi - Wallace's Spike-mossSelaginella wallaceiSelaginella wallacei is a species of spikemoss known by the common name Wallace's spikemoss. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Montana, where it can be found in many types of habitat, including open and shaded areas, and wet to dry environments. This...
, Selaginella wallacei - Watson's Spike-mossSelaginella watsoniiSelaginella watsonii is a species of spikemoss known by the common name Watson's spikemoss. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in many rocky habitat types, including high mountain peaks in alpine climates. This lycophyte is forms mats or cushions of short, forking stems...
, Selaginella watsonii
Granite mosses
Class: Andreaeopsida Order: Andreaeales, Family: Andreaeaceae- Blytt's andreaea mossAndreaeaAndreaea is a genus of rock mosses with about 45 species.- External links :* Zander, Richard H. 2007. Bryophyte Flora of North America:...
, Andreaea blyttii
Peat Mosses
Class: SphagnopsidaSphagnopsida
The Sphagnopsida includes a single subclass Sphagnidae, with two orders. The order Sphagnales contains four living genera: Sphagnum, with all but three of the species, and Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each with a single species. The Protosphagnales contains a single fossil...
Order: Sphagnales
Sphagnales
The Sphagnales is an order of moss with only four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, Flatbergium, and Sphagnum....
, Family: Sphagnaceae
Sphagnaceae
The Sphagnaceae is a family of moss with only one living genus Sphagnum....
- Brown PeatmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum fuscum - Contorted sphagnum mossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum contortum - Flat-top BogmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum fallax - Fringed BogmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum fimbriatum - Girgensohn's PeatmossSphagnum girgensohniiCommon green peat moss is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic and Indo-Malesian distribution.-External links:** @ Moss Flora of China...
, Sphagnum girgensohnii - Low PeatmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum compactum - Magellan's PeatmossSphagnum magellanicumSphagnum magellanicum is one of the most common species of mosses in Chile. It has a distinctive reddish colour which makes it easy to recognise among other sphagnum species in Chile....
, Sphagnum magellanicum - Mendocino PeatmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum mendocinum - Narrowleaf PeatmossSphagnum angustifoliumSphagnum angustifolium is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution.-External links:** @ Moss Flora of China...
, Sphagnum angustifolium - Sphagnum mossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum centrale - Sphagnum mossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum platyphyllum - Streamside Sphagnum mossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum riparium - Wulf's PeatmossSphagnumSphagnum is a genus of between 151 and 350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs and mires. A distinction is made between sphagnum moss, the live moss growing on top of a peat bog on one hand, and sphagnum peat moss or sphagnum peat on the other, the...
, Sphagnum wulfianum
Hair-cap Mosses
Class: PolytrichopsidaOrder: Polytrichales, Family: Polytrichaceae
Polytrichaceae
The Polytrichaceae is a common family of mosses. Members of this family tend to be larger than other mosses with a thickened central stem and a rhizome. The leaves have a midrib that bears lamellae on the upper surface. Species in this group are dioicous. Another characteristic that identifies...
- Lyall's polytrichum moss, Meiotrichum lyallii
- Oligotrichum moss, Oligotrichum aligerum
- Polytrichum mossPolytrichumPolytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution....
, Polytrichum sexangulare
True Mosses
Class: BryopsidaBryopsida
The Bryopsida constitute the largest class of mosses, containing 95% of all moss species. It consists of approximately 11,500 species, common throughout the whole world....
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Amblystegiaceae- Calliergon moss, Calliergon trifarium
- Calliergonella moss, Calliergonella cuspidata
- Campylium moss, Campylium polygamum
- Cardot's campylium moss, Campylium cardotii
- Hamatocaulis moss, Hamatocaulis vernicosus
- Hygroamblystegium moss, Hygroamblystegium noterophilum
- Hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum cochlearifolium
- Hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum duriusculum
- Limprichtia moss, Limprichtia revolvens
- Pseudocalliergon moss, Pseudocalliergon turgescens
- Richardson's calliergon moss, Calliergon richardsonii
- Sarmenthypnum moss, Sarmenthypnum sarmentosum
- Scorpidium moss, Scorpidium scorpioides
- Smith's hygrohypnum moss, Hygrohypnum smithii
- Warnstorfia moss, Warnstorfia exannulata
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Brachytheciaceae- Barnes' eurhynchium moss, Eurhynchium pulchellum var. barnesii
- Brachythecium moss, Brachythecium oxycladon
- Cedar Moss, Sciuro-hypnum holzingeri
- Leiberg's brachythecium moss, Brachythecium leibergii
- Matted Feather Moss, Brachythecium populeum
- Nelson's brachythecium moss, Brachythecium nelsonii
- Platyhypnidium moss, Platyhypnidium riparioides
- Steerecleus moss, Steerecleus serrulatus
- Stiff brachythecium moss, Brachythecium turgidum
- Trachybryum moss, Trachybryum megaptilum
- Order: BryalesBryalesBryales is an order of mosses, including the following families:* Bryaceae* Catoscopiaceae* Leptostomataceae* Mniaceae* Phyllodrepaniaceae* Pseudoditrichaceae* Pulchrinodaceae...
, Family: BryaceaeBryaceaeBryaceae is a family of mosses.Genera include:*Acidodontium*Anomobryum*Brachymenium*Bryum*Leptostomopsis*Mniobryoides*Osculatia*Perssonia*Plagiobryum*Ptychostomum*Rhodobryum*Roellia*Rosulabryum...
- Alpine bryum moss, Bryum alpinum
- Arctic bryum moss, Bryum arcticum
- Bryum moss, Bryum calophyllum
- Bryum moss, Bryum lonchocaulon
- Bryum moss, Bryum pallens
- Bryum moss, Bryum cyclophyllum
- Bryum moss, Bryum dichotomum
- Bryum moss, Bryum calobryoides
- Drummond's pohlia moss, Pohlia drummondii
- Obtuseleaf pohlia moss, Pohlia obtusifolia
- Plagiobryum moss, Plagiobryum demissum
- Plagiobryum moss, Plagiobryum zieri
- Pohlia moss, Pohlia vexans
- Schleicher's bryum moss, Bryum schleicheri
- Waterfall copper moss, Haplodontium macrocarpum
- Order: BryalesBryalesBryales is an order of mosses, including the following families:* Bryaceae* Catoscopiaceae* Leptostomataceae* Mniaceae* Phyllodrepaniaceae* Pseudoditrichaceae* Pulchrinodaceae...
, Family: Catoscopiaceae- Black golf club moss, Catoscopium nigritum
- Order: DicranalesDicranalesDicranales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae....
, Family: DicranaceaeDicranaceaeDicranaceae is a family of mosses in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous. Genera in this family include Campylopus and Dicranoloma.-Classification:The family Dicranaceae contains the following genera:...
- Acuteleaf dicranum moss, Dicranum acutifolium
- Blytt's kiaeria moss, Kiaeria blyttii
- Cynodontium moss, Cynodontium tenellum
- Dicranella moss, Dicranella heteromalla
- Dicranella moss, Dicranella palustris
- Dicranella moss, Dicranella subulata
- Dicranoweisia moss, Dicranoweisia cirrata
- Dicranum moss, Dicranum angustum
- Dicranum moss, Dicranum spadiceum
- Fragile leaf dicranum moss, Dicranum fragilifolium
- Greville's dicranella moss, Dicranella grevilleana
- Longleaf paraleucobryum moss, Paraleucobryum longifolium
- Olympic dichodontium moss, Dichodontium olympicum
- Paraleucobryum moss, Paraleucobryum enerve
- Schreber's dicranella moss, Dicranella schreberiana
- Sickle kiaeria moss, Kiaeria falcata
- Starke's kiaeria moss, Kiaeria starkei
- Order: DicranalesDicranalesDicranales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae....
, Family: Ditrichaceae- Ambiguous Ditrichum moss, Ditrichum ambiguum
- Incline distichium moss, Distichium inclinatum
- Trichodon moss, Trichodon cylindricus
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Fabroniaceae- Fabronia moss, Fabronia pusilla
- Order: FissidentalesFissidentalesFissidentales is an order of mosses....
, Family: FissidentaceaeFissidentaceaeFissidentaceae is a family of mosses in the order Dicranales....
- Fissidens mossFissidensFissidens is a genus of moss in family Fissidentaceae.Selected species:* Fissidens adianthoides, Hedw.* Fissidens allenianus* Fissidens appalachensis* Fissidens arcticus* Fissidens bryoides* Fissidens clebschii...
, Fissidens fontanus
- Fissidens moss
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: Fontinalaceae
- Aquatic MossFontinalisFontinalis is a genus of submerged aquatic mosses belonging to the subclass Bryidae. They are also called Fountain Mosses, Brook Mosses, or Water Mosses....
, Fontinalis antipyretica
- Aquatic Moss
- Order: FunarialesFunarialesFunariales is an order of mosses....
, Family: FunariaceaeFunariaceaeFunariaceae is a family of mosses in order Funariales. There are approximately 300 species included in the family, with 200 species in Funaria and another 80 classified in Physcomitrium....
- American funaria mossFunaria (moss)Funaria is a genus of approximately 200 species of moss. Funaria hygrometrica is the most common species. Funaria hygrometrica is called “cord moss” because of the twisted seta which is very hygroscopic and untwists when moist...
, Funaria americana - Entosthodon moss, Entosthodon rubiginosus
- Hooker's physcomitrium moss, Physcomitrium hookeri
- Physcomitrium mossPhyscomitrium pyriformePhyscomitrium pyriforme, commonly known as common bladder moss, is a bryophyte native to all continents except South America and Antarctica. Its capsules mature beginning in late fall and through the spring. It is most commonly found in wet soils in disturbed locations...
, Physcomitrium pyriforme
- American funaria moss
- Order: GrimmialesGrimmialesGrimmiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae....
, Family: Grimmiaceae- Agassiz's schistidium moss, Schistidium agassizii
- Aquatic racomitrium moss, Racomitrium aquaticum
- Britton's dry rock mossGrimmiaGrimmia is a genus of mosses , originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.- Geographic distribution :...
, Grimmia brittoniae - Curved dry rock mossGrimmiaGrimmia is a genus of mosses , originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.- Geographic distribution :...
, Grimmia incurva - Dry rock mossGrimmiaGrimmia is a genus of mosses , originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.- Geographic distribution :...
, Grimmia laevigata - Dry rock mossGrimmiaGrimmia is a genus of mosses , originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.- Geographic distribution :...
, Grimmia mollis - Fascicled racomitrium moss, Racomitrium fasciculare
- Pygmy racomitrium moss, Niphotrichum pygmaeum
- Racomitrium moss, Racomitrium heterostichum
- Racomitrium moss, Bucklandiella brevipes
- Varied racomitrium moss, Racomitrium varium
- Western racomitrium moss, Racomitrium occidentale
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: HypnaceaeHypnaceaeHypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence. in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum and Ptilium.-Ecology:...
- Callicladium moss, Callicladium haldanianum
- Herzogiella moss, Herzogiella striatella
- Herzogiella moss, Herzogiella turfacea
- Hypnum moss, Hypnum callichroum
- Hypnum moss, Hypnum procerrimum
- Platygyrium moss, Platygyrium repens
- Recurved hypnum moss, Hypnum recurvatum
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Leskeaceae- Claopodium moss, Claopodium crispifolium
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: Leucodontaceae
- Dendroalsia moss, Dendroalsia abietina
- Order: BryalesBryalesBryales is an order of mosses, including the following families:* Bryaceae* Catoscopiaceae* Leptostomataceae* Mniaceae* Phyllodrepaniaceae* Pseudoditrichaceae* Pulchrinodaceae...
, Family: Meesiaceae- Amblyodon moss, Amblyodon dealbatus
- Angled paludella moss, Paludella squarrosa
- Meesia moss, Meesia longiseta
- Meesia mossMeesia triquetraThreeranked humpmoss , is a moss that occurs all around the northern hemisphere in higher latitudes.- Technical description :...
, Meesia triquetra - Meesia mossMeesia uliginosaBroadnerved humpmoss , is a rare moss of the Western U.S. It occurs all around the northern hemisphere in higher latitudes, and in some places is not as rare as in the Western U.S.- Technical description :...
, Meesia uliginosa
- Order: BryalesBryalesBryales is an order of mosses, including the following families:* Bryaceae* Catoscopiaceae* Leptostomataceae* Mniaceae* Phyllodrepaniaceae* Pseudoditrichaceae* Pulchrinodaceae...
, Family: Mniaceae- Cinclidium moss, Cinclidium stygium
- Leucolepis umbrella moss, Leucolepis acanthoneuron
- Order: Leucodontales, Family: NeckeraceaeNeckeraceaeNeckeraceae is a moss family in the order Hypnales.-Classification:The Neckeraceae includes the following genera:...
- Douglas' neckera moss, Neckera douglasii
- Order: Orthotrichales, Family: OrthotrichaceaeOrthotrichaceaeOrthotrichaceae is the only family of mosses in order Orthotrichales. Many species in the family are epiphytic.-Classification:*Cardotiella*Ceuthotheca*Codonoblepharon*Desmotheca*Florschuetziella*Groutiella...
- Mougeot's amphidium moss, Amphidium mougeotii
- Orthotrichum mossOrthotrichumOrthotrichum is a genus of moss in family Orthotrichaceae.-Selected species:* Orthotrichum crassifolium Hook.f. & Wilson* Orthotrichum scanicum Grönvall* Orthotrichum truncato-dentatum C. Muell....
, Orthotrichum praemorsum
- Order: PottialesPottialesPottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.-References:***...
, Family: PottiaceaePottiaceaePottiaceae is a family of mosses. It forms the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known....
- Syntrichia papillosissima
- Aloina moss, Aloina brevirostris
- Bartram's tortula moss, Syntrichia bartramii
- Convoluted barbula moss, Barbula convoluta
- Desmatodon moss, Tortula cernua
- Didymodon moss, Didymodon brachyphyllus
- Didymodon moss, Didymodon ferrugineus
- Heim's desmatodon moss, Hennediella heimii
- Lamella pterygoneurum moss, Pterygoneurum lamellatum
- Lime-seep Eucladium moss, Eucladium verticillatum
- Norwegian tortula moss, Tortula norvegica
- Obtuseleaf desmatodon moss, Desmatodon obtusifolius
- Oxystegus moss, Trichostomum tenuirostre
- Pseudocrossidium moss, Pseudocrossidium obtusulum
- Rigid didymodon moss, Didymodon rigidulus var. gracilis
- Sessile pterygoneurum moss, Pterygoneurum subsessile
- Toothed phascum moss, Phascum cuspidatum
- Tortella moss, Tortella inclinata
- Tortula Moss, Tortula muralis
- Tortula Moss, Tortula caninervis
- Twisted tortella moss, Tortella tortuosa
- Wideleaf crumia moss, Crumia latifolia
- Wideleaf stegonia moss, Stegonia latifolia
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Pterigynandraceae- Myurella moss, Myurella tenerrima
- Order: GrimmialesGrimmialesGrimmiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae....
, Family: Ptychomitraceae- Gardner's ptychomitrium moss, Ptychomitrium gardneri
- Order: Schistostegales, Family: Schistostegaceae
- Luminous Moss, Schistostega pennata
- Order: Seligeriales, Family: Seligeraceae
- Acute blindia moss, Blindia acuta
- Donn's small limestone moss, Seligeria donniana
- Order: FunarialesFunarialesFunariales is an order of mosses....
, Family: Splachnaceae- Acuminate dung moss, Tayloria acuminata
- Entire-leaf nitrogen moss, Tetraplodon mnioides
- Lingulate dung mossTayloria lingulataTayloria lingulata, commonly known as Tongue-leaved Gland Moss, Lingulate Dung Moss, or Marsh Collar-moss is a moss found in montane habitats in the Northern Hemisphere including Europe, Asia and North America....
, Tayloria lingulata - Pinkstink dung moss, Splachnum sphaericum
- Serrate dung moss, Tayloria serrata
- Toothed-leaf nitrogen moss, Tetraplodon angustatus
- Order: HypnalesHypnalesHypnales is an order of moss.-Classification:...
, Family: Thamnobryaceae- Bigelow's porotrichum moss, Porotrichum bigelovii
- Necker's thamnobryum mossThamnobryumThamnobryum is a genus of moss in family Neckeraceae. It contains the following species :* Thamnobryum angustifolium, Crundw.* Thamnobryum fernandesii, Ochyra...
, Thamnobryum neckeroides
- Order: BryalesBryalesBryales is an order of mosses, including the following families:* Bryaceae* Catoscopiaceae* Leptostomataceae* Mniaceae* Phyllodrepaniaceae* Pseudoditrichaceae* Pulchrinodaceae...
, Family: Timmiaceae- Norwegian timmia mossTimmiaTimmia is a genus of moss. It is the only genus in the family Timmiaceae and order Timmiales. The genus is named in honor of the 18th-century German botanist Joachim Christian Timm.The genus Timmia includes only four species:...
, Timmia norvegica
- Norwegian timmia moss
See also
- Coniferous plants of Montana
- Lichens of MontanaLichens of MontanaThere are at least 41 species of Lichens, Ascomycota known to exist in Montana. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has identified a number of lichen species as Species of Concern....
- Monocotyledons of Montana