Moss characters
| Bryopsida species by arrangement of the leaves | ||||||
| FUNARIALES | ||||||
| Funariaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Funaria hygrometrica | Bare soil | Woods, gardens | ||||
| GRIMMIALES | ||||||
| Grimmiaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Racomitrium fasciculare | Siliceous rocks | Uplands | ||||
| Racomitrium lanuginosum | Rock, peat | Heaths, uplands | ||||
| Schistidium rivulare | ||||||
| DICRANALES | ||||||
| Fissidentaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Fissidens bryoides | Soil, decaying wood | |||||
| Fissidens dubius | ||||||
| Fissidens taxifolius | ||||||
| Dicranaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Dichodontium palustre | Peat, wet moors, dripping acidic rock faces | Wet moors and uplands in the north-west of the United Kingdom | ||||
| Dicranum majus | ||||||
| Leucobryaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| POTTIALES | ||||||
| Pottiaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Barbula unguiculata | Soil, stony ground | Banks, fallow fields, wall crevices | ||||
| Barbula sardoa | ||||||
| Gymnostomum aeruginosum | Wet base-rich rock faces and crevices | |||||
| Gyroweisia tenuis | Rock slabs, mainly limestone | |||||
| Pseudocrossidium revolutum | ||||||
| Syntrichia ruralis ssp. ruraliformis | Sand dunes and calcareous sand | Mainly coastal. | ||||
| Syntrichia laevipila | Tree trunks and limbs | Prefers dry sites | ||||
| Tortula muralis | Brick and stone walls | Common in towns | ||||
| Trichostomum brachydontium | On rock including wall-tops, sometimes bare soil | Mainly western coastal districts | ||||
| SPLACHNALES | ||||||
| Splachnaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Tetraplodon mnioides | Well-decayed sheep bone fragments | Mountainous districts | ||||
| BRYALES | ||||||
| Bryaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Bryum capillare | Rocks, trees, fences | Lowlands and mountains | ||||
| Bryum pseudotriquetrum | Wet ground, cliff ledges | Bogs, marshes and by springs | ||||
| Mniaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Pohlia melanodon | ||||||
| Plagiomnium ellipticum | Soil and soil-covered rocks; neutral to base-rich | Shady places in woods, banks and rock crevices; also bogs | ||||
| Plagiomnium undulatum | ||||||
| Rhizomnium rostratum | ||||||
| ORTHOTRICHALES | ||||||
| Orthotrichaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Orthotrichum cupulatum | On calcareous rocks | |||||
| Orthotrichum diaphanum | Trees, fences, roadside pavments, wall-tops | Flourishes in towns | ||||
| Orthotrichum stramineum | ||||||
| Ulota bruchii | ||||||
| Ulota phyllantha | ||||||
| HEDWIGIALES | ||||||
| Hedwigiaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Hedwigia stellata | ||||||
| RHIZOGONIALES | ||||||
| Aulacomniaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Aulacomnium androgynum | ||||||
| HYPNALES | ||||||
| Climaciaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Climacium dendroides | ||||||
| Amblystegiaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Palustriella commutata | ||||||
| Brachytheciaceae | Rosette | Distichous | Secund | Widely-spaced | Substrate | Habitat |
| Eurhynchium striatum | ||||||
Go back to: Moss arrangement of the leaves character 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.