Moss characters
| Bryopsida species by shoot growth form and colour | ||||||||
| BRYALES | ||||||||
| Bryaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Bryum argenteum | Paving, roadsides, roofs and wall-tops | Man-made environments and by gull colonies | ||||||
| Bryum pseudotriquetrum | Wet ground, cliff ledges | Bogs, marshes and by springs | ||||||
| BARTRAMIALES | ||||||||
| Bartramiaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Philonotis fontana | Acidic to neutral ground | Flushes in uplands, springs and bogs | ||||||
| ORTHOTRICHALES | ||||||||
| Orthotrichaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Orthotrichum rivulare | ||||||||
| HYPNALES | ||||||||
| Climaciaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Climacium dendroides | ||||||||
| Amblystegiaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Calliergon giganteum | ||||||||
| Calliergonella cuspidata | ||||||||
| Cratoneuron filicinum | ||||||||
| Calliergonaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Warnstorfia fluitans | ||||||||
| Thuidiaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Thuidium tamariscinum | ||||||||
| Brachytheciaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Kindbergia praelonga | ||||||||
| Pseudoscleropodium purum | ||||||||
| Hypnaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Hypnum cupressiforme | ||||||||
| Hypnum jutlandicum | ||||||||
| Hylocomiaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Ctenidium molluscum | ||||||||
| Hylocomium splendens | ||||||||
| Pleurozium schreberi | ||||||||
| Rhytidiadelphus loreus | ||||||||
| Rhytidiadelphus triquetris | ||||||||
| Plagiotheciaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Plagiothecium undulatum | ||||||||
| Leucodontaceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Leucodon sciuroides | ||||||||
| Pterygonium gracile | ||||||||
| Neckeraceae | Tree-like | Pinnate | Irregular | Erect | Prostrate | Red shoots | Substrate | Habitat |
| Thamnobryum alopecurum | ||||||||
Go back to: Moss shoot growth form and colour lists
- Taxonomic hierarchy after Buck and Goffinet (2000).
- Only Class Bryopsida, by far the largest class of mosses, is covered in the above table.
- Growth habit terms in column headings are more fully described in the corresponding character lists page (from which this table was reached).
- Substrate and habitat information derived from the BBS Field Guide and Watson, E.V., "British Mosses and Liverworts", CUP (1995).
- A discussion on the correlations and trends that this table suggests will be published in due course.