APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

Moss (Lower Plant Images)
Brachytheciaceae
Eurhynchium praelongum - Common Feather Moss
Platyhypnidium riparioides
- Long-beaked Water Feather-moss

Scleropodium purum - A Feather Moss

Fissidentaceae
Fissidens species - Pocket Mosses

Fontinalaceae
Fontinalis antipyretica - Common or Greater Water Moss
Fontinalis squamosa - Alpine Water Moss

Grimmiaceae
Schistidium maritimum - Seaside Grimmia

Hookeriaceae
Hookeria lucens - Shining Hookeria

Hylocomiaceae
Pleurozium schreiberi - Red-stemmed Feather-moss

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme - Cypress-leaved Plait or Hypnum
Rhytidiadelphus loreus - Little Shaggy-moss

Leucobryaceae
Leucobryum glaucum - Large White-moss **

Mniaceae
Mnium hornum - Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Horn Calcareous or Carpet Moss
Plagiomnium species (P. punctatum ?) - A Thyme Moss
Plagiomnium undulatum - Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss

Plagiotheciaceae
Plagiothecium undulatum - Waved Silk-moss

Polytrichaceae
Polytrichum commune - Common Haircap Moss, Common Hair Moss or Great Goldilocks **
Polytrichum juniperinum - Juniper Haircap Moss
Polytrichum species - Haircap Mosses **

Pottiaceae
Syntrichia ruralis subsp. ruraliformis - Sandhill Screw Moss

Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum fallax - Flat-topped Bog-moss
Sphagnum species - A Bog-moss

Thuidiaceae
Abietinella abietina var. abietina - Fir Tamarisk-moss
Thuidium tamariscinum - Common Tamarisk-moss

Plant Family Index A-Z
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Useful External Links
British Mosses and Liverworts - A Field Guide

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