Semantic search
| Habitat | Elevation | Taxon family | Illustration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abietinella abietina | Dry, exposed calcareous rock and soil, sand of partially stabilized dunes, talus at base of cliffs, humus in open, coniferous forests | low to moderate elevations | Thuidiaceae | Present |
| Acaulon schimperianum | Soil, dry washes | low to moderate elevations | Pottiaceae | Present |
| Aloina bifrons | Sunny sandy soil or soil over limestone in dry areas | moderate elevations (300-800 m) | Pottiaceae | |
| Amblystegium serpens | Tree trunks, rotten wood, rock, soil, (sometimes salty) swamps to xeric habitats | low to high elevations (0-3000 m) | Amblystegiaceae | Present |
| Amphidium lapponicum | Seasonal wet crevices of neutral to acidic cliffs | low to high elevations | Orthotrichaceae | Present |
| Anacolia laevisphaera | Dry to moist soil, rock crevices, talus slopes | moderate to high elevations (1000-1700 m) | Bartramiaceae | |
| Andreaea rupestris | Neutral to acidic boulders, cliffs and walls, generally wet sites | low to moderate elevations | Andreaeaceae | |
| Anoectangium aestivum | Forming deep green cushions on calcareous and noncalcareous rock, sandstone walls, rock ledges, exposed moist crevices, wet areas | 10-3300 m | Pottiaceae | |
| Anomodon attenuatus | Tree bark, at base, soil, rock | low to moderate elevations | Anomodontaceae | |
| Anomodon minor | Deciduous forests, calcareous rock, bark of trees | moderate to high elevations | Anomodontaceae | |
| Anomodon rostratus | Base or bark of deciduous trees, soil, fallen logs, deciduous forests, open spaces, secondary forests, vertical calcareous rock, occasionally acidic | low to high elevations | Anomodontaceae | |
| Anomodon tristis | Bark of trees, deciduous forests | moderate to high elevations | Anomodontaceae | Present |
| Atrichum selwynii | Soil, open and shaded habitats, bare roadside banks, overturned tree roots | low to high elevations | Polytrichaceae | Present |
| Aulacomnium palustre | Wet habitats, fens, marshes, swamps, peat, organic soil, moist to wet mineral soil, rock | low to high elevations | Aulacomniaceae | Present |
| Barbula amplexifolia | Rock, often limestone, occasionally sandstone, usually in moist areas, mountain slopes, cliffs, tundra, mist zone of waterfalls | moderate to high elevations (700-1800 m) | Pottiaceae | |
| Barbula bolleana | Wet limestone, moist areas, wet rocks | moderate elevations | Pottiaceae | |
| Barbula orizabensis | Disintegrating rock | moderate to high elevations (1000-2000 m) | Pottiaceae | |
| Barbula unguiculata | Soil, sand, gravel, sandstone, granite, limestone, walls, roadcuts, paths, lawns, ditches | low to high elevations (50-2700 m) | Pottiaceae | |
| Bartramia brevifolia | Rock crevices, canyon ledges | high elevations (1800-4000 m) | Bartramiaceae | |
| Bartramia potosica | Cliff crevices, thin soil on canyon ledges, base of boulders | high elevations (2000-3300 m) | Bartramiaceae | |
| Brachymenium macrocarpum | Tree trunks, wood, rock, mineral soil | low to moderate elevations (0-1000 m) | Bryaceae | Present |
| Brachymenium mexicanum | Dry rock outcrops, soil covered crevices | moderate elevations (1000 m) | Bryaceae | |
| Brachytheciastrum collinum | Soil, rock, xeric to mesic sunny to moderately shaded habitats | low to high elevations (0-3700 m) | Brachytheciaceae | Present |
| Brachytheciastrum fendleri | Rock, soil over rock outcrops | high elevations (1600-2400 m) | Brachytheciaceae | Present |
| Brachythecium laetum | Soil, rock, open and moderately shaded habitats, lowlands | low to high elevations (0-2300 m) | Brachytheciaceae | |
| Brachythecium rivulare | Soil in wet places, wet semiliquid peat in alder and sedge swamps, alluvial sand banks along streams, temporary flooding depressions in xeric areas, wet mountain tundra, rock, logs, affected by temporary flooding | low to high elevations (0-3400 m) | Brachytheciaceae | |
| Brachythecium ruderale | Rock, soil, open xeric places | high elevations (1800-2300 m) | Brachytheciaceae | |
| Braunia andrieuxii | Shaded or open cliff faces and rock outcrops in gorges and canyons, talus, granite boulders, dry rock | low to high elevations (0-1700 m) | Hedwigiaceae | Present |
| Braunia secunda | Shaded or exposed acidic cliffs, boulders, rock, igneous rock faces, shaded ravines, with Arctostaphylos in Pinus and Quercus woodlands | moderate to high elevations (1500-2000 m) | Hedwigiaceae | |
| Bruchia brevifolia | Soil, sandy loam, commonly surrounding quartz pebbles | usually low but occasionally moderate elevations | Bruchiaceae | |
| Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum | Soil, rock (limestone, dolomite, gypsum, siliceous), mortar of wall, bark, in tussock tundra, alpine meadows, bluffs, forested and boggy areas, stream banks, lake shores | low to high elevations (20-3800 m) | Pottiaceae | Present |
| Bryoxiphium norvegicum | Usually on undersides of moist, shaded, sandstone ledges and cliffs, these occasionally calcareous and often overhanging streams, infrequently on bluffs and boulders of conglomerate, gneiss and quartzite, soil, and overturned tree bases | low to high elevations (50-2800 m) | Bryoxiphiaceae | Present |
| Bryum lanatum | Soil, soil over rock, rock in dry climates | low to high elevations (0-4200 m) | Bryaceae | |
| Callicladium haldaneanum | Logs, stumps, conifer and hardwood forests, base of trees, soil, rock, forests | low to moderate elevations | Hypnaceae | Present |
| Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus | Rock, soil, temporarily wet, calcareous or otherwise mineral-rich habitats | low to high elevations | Amblystegiaceae | Present |
| Campylopus pilifer | Acidic sandy soil and acidic rocks (sandstone, granite), rock crevices, exposed, dry habitats | 50-1500 m | Dicranaceae | |
| Campylopus tallulensis | Acidic rocks (granite, sandstone), exposed boulders, rarely on soil in open woods | 100-600 m | Dicranaceae | |
| Claopodium whippleanum | Exposed soil, soil over rock, logs, tree roots | low to moderate elevations | Leskeaceae | Present |
| Climacium dendroides | Mesic or hydric microhabitats, along and in streams, margins of ponds and lakes, swamps, fens, seepages, upland depressions, organic substrates | low to high elevations | Climaciaceae | Present |
| Codriophorus acicularis | Moist or wet, sometimes periodically dry, shaded acidic or rarely calciferous rocks, boulders, cliffs, slabs and blocks in stream beds or close to brooks and rivers periodically washed by wave action, in seasonal creeks and on lake shores, often permanently submerged in the rapids of streams and waterfalls | low to high elevations (0-3300 m) | Grimmiaceae | |
| Conardia compacta | Damp cliffs, limestone, swamps on logs, stumps, humus, bark at base of trees low to high elevations | Amblystegiaceae | Present | |
| Coscinodon calyptratus | Most common on dry sandstone and granitic boulders and bedrock exposures but also limestone and volcanic outcrops | moderate to high elevations (300-3000 m) | Grimmiaceae | |
| Coscinodon cribrosus | Acidic, dry sandstone, shale, and granitic boulders and bedrock exposures but also found on volcanic outcrops and granodiorites | low to high elevations (0-3300 m) | Grimmiaceae | Present |
| Cratoneuron filicinum | Moist or wet habitats in calcareous districts, rock, tree bases beside streams, springs, moist soil, calcareous fens | low to high elevations | Amblystegiaceae | Present |
| Crossidium aberrans | Soil and rocks under shrubs, shaded banks or in open sites in dry washes | moderate elevations (600-1500 m) | Pottiaceae | |
| Crossidium seriatum | Sandy soil or rocks, along dry washes, in open or shaded places in deserts | moderate elevations (400-600 m) | Pottiaceae | Present |
| Crumia latifolia | Limestone, calcareous shale, siliceous and conglomeritic rock, roadbank, wet areas | low to moderate elevations (5-1200 m) | Pottiaceae | Present |
| Dichodontium pellucidum | Moist soil on banks, wet cliffs, near streams, calcareous or acid rock | low to high elevations (0–2300 m) | Dicranaceae | Present |
| Dicranella varia | Wet, calcareous soil, especially clay, in open, disturbed places, such as roadside ditches | low to high elevations | Dicranaceae | |
| Dicranoweisia cirrata | Forming short turf or tufts on tree trunks and decorticated logs, rarely in rock crevices | 1-1900 m | Dicranaceae | Present |