Bryophytes of North Carolina
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Lophocolea appalachiana
Appalachian Lophocolea
checklist_number: 187139.00
......SC-VG2S1SC-V...
Sphagnum contortum
contorted peatmoss, contorted sphagnum
checklist_number: 160925.00
......TG5S1T...
Campylium stellatum
star campylium moss
checklist_number: 158413.00
......SC-VG5S1...
Blindia acuta
acute blindia moss
checklist_number: 158073.00
......G5S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
Barbula indica
barbula moss
checklist_number: 158001.00
......G5?S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
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Monocryphaea ravenelii
A thread cedar moss
checklist_number: 228157.00
......G3S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
Conocephalum salebrosum
sweet conehead
checklist_number: 165332.00
Conocephalum salebrosum is the most widely used name for Conocephalum occurring in eastern North America. C. conicum has also been applied. However, both C. salebrosum and C. conicum are concepts based on European plants and should only be used until a better option is published. See also David Wagner’s explanation......G5...
Amphidium mougeotii
Mougeot's amphidium moss
checklist_number: 157713.00
......G5S2?W7...
Bryum riparium
Riverside Bryum
checklist_number: 158302.00
British Bryological Society......G2G4SHSR-D...
Aneura sharpii
Sharps aneura
checklist_number: 157783.00
......GNRS1SR-T...
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Andreaea rupestris
andreaea moss
checklist_number: 157761.00
......G5S2?...
Andreaea rothii
Roth's andreaea moss
checklist_number: 157758.00
......G5SNR...
Acrobolbus ciliatus
hairy acrobolbus
checklist_number: 157673.00
......G3?S1SC-V...
Anthoceros adscendens
ascending hornwort
checklist_number: 157809.00
Schuster (1992) described this as Aspiromitus adscendens (L.&L) Schust., comb.n.......G3?S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
Trichocolea tomentella
fuzzy Trichocolea, Handsome Woollywort
checklist_number: 161218.00
BryonamesBryophyte Portal    ...G5...
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Porella japonica subsp. appalachiana
Appalachian scalewort
checklist_number: 173248.00
......G5?T1...
Calliergonella curvifolia
curveleaf hypnum moss
checklist_number: 252432.00
......G5...
Claopodium rostratum
anomodon moss
checklist_number: 254137.00
......G5...
Pterogoniadelphus julaceus
round leucodon moss
checklist_number: 256884.00
......G5...
Pseudanomodon attenuatus
anomodon moss, Tree-Skirt Moss
checklist_number: 258903.00
......G5...
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Chenia leptophylla
a screw moss
checklist_number: 219903.00
......G4S1...
Marchantia polymorpha
umbrella liverwort
checklist_number: 159831.00
......G5...
Bartramia pomiformis
little green apples
checklist_number: 158033.00
......G5...
Anacamptodon splachnoides
knothole moss
checklist_number: 157714.00
...Infrequently found on bark of trees where water collects or is channeled....G3G5S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
Sphenolobus saxicola
rock-living Sphenolobus
checklist_number: 163341.00
......G3G4S1SR-D...
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Pseudoscleropodium purum
pseudoscleropodium moss
checklist_number: 160561.00
......G5?SE...
Drepanolejeunea appalachiana
Appalachian Drepanolejeunea
checklist_number: 158884.00
......G3S1SR-T...
Leucobryum albidum
pincushion moss
checklist_number: 159712.00
Plants 6-9 mm high and tightly compacted in rounded, sometimes lobed, grayish green cushions 1-10 cm in diameter, occasionally wider, becoming light yellow-green when wet; stems, ...Wide variety of moist, swamps, bogs, floodplains, and mesic woods, to dry sandy, xeric woodland soil substrates as well as tree bases, including pine found in particularly moist areas; becoming uncomm...G5...
Atrichum altecristatum
atrichum moss
checklist_number: 157931.00
This taxon is included in Crum and Anderson (1981) as Atrichum undulatum var. altecristatum, which has since been elevated to the binomial A. altecristatum with A. undulatum sensu stricto being a European species introduced to N. America. A. undulatum is still in wide use on specimens from NC.......G5S2?...
Nothoceros aenigmaticus
mystery hornwort
checklist_number: 173017.00
......G3S3W-RS, Rare but Relatively Secure...
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Anthoceros lamellatus
walled hornwort
checklist_number: 157838.00
......SR-LGNRS1SR-L...
Arrhenopterum heterostichum
aulacomnium moss
checklist_number: 163070.00
......G5...
Sphagnum palustre
swamp sphagnum
checklist_number: 160970.00
......G5...
Scapania nemorea
mis-named Scapania
checklist_number: 169596.00
......G5...
Scapania undulata
undulate Scapania
checklist_number: 160810.00
......G5...
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Odontoschisma sphagni
sphagnus Odontoschisma
checklist_number: 160042.00
Formerly recognized as O. prostratum......G5...
Timmia megapolitana
timmia moss
checklist_number: 161136.00
Brassard G.R. (1984): The moss genus Timmia. 3. Sect. Timmia.- Lindbergia 10: 33-40. Budke, J. & Goffinet, B. (2006): Phylogenetic analyses of Timmiaceae (Bryophyta: Musci) based on nuclear and chlor......G5...

checklist_number: 168350.00
One specimen exists, Miller 7749 (MICH, as P. chinantlana (P. columbiana on packet--JLA)) that needs revision. Until then, it remains in flora of NC. ...On alluvial soil under trees and shrubs. (Miller 7749, 1974)...
Bryum gemmiparum
bryum moss
checklist_number: 158260.00
......G3G5[S1?]...
Pohlia lescuriana
spherical bulb nodding moss
checklist_number: 160400.00
......G4G5S1?SR-T...
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Leucobryum glaucum
leucobryum moss
checklist_number: 159714.00
......G5...
Philonotis longiseta
an apple moss
checklist_number: 160206.00
......G3G4S2?W-PK, Poorly Known in NC...
Orthotrichum anomalum
orthotrichum moss
checklist_number: 160074.00
......G5SNR...
Dicranum polysetum
dicranum moss
checklist_number: 158753.00
......G5SNR...
Amblystegium serpens
amblystegium moss
checklist_number: 157702.00
......G5SNR...
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Bazzania nudicaulis
naked stem Bazzania
checklist_number: 158043.00
......G2G3S2SR-T...
Pleuridium sullivantii
Sullivant's pleuridium moss
checklist_number: 160344.00
......G3G5SHSR-O...
Frullania appalachiana
Appalachian Frullania
checklist_number: 165730.00
......G3G4S1?SR-L...
Aphanorrhegma serratum
serrate aphanorrhegma moss
checklist_number: 157876.00
......G4G5SH...
Reboulia hemisphaerica
hemispheric Reboulia
checklist_number: 160652.00
......G5SNR...