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Biol 474: Plant EcologySyllabus Plant ListPlant Families

Common Bryophytes
of the Alaska Boreal Forest and Tundra

Bryophytes

= Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, = Flora of North America, Boreal = borealforest.org
Family
Latin Name
Common Name
USDA
Other
Mosses
(Nomenclature according to Vitt, Marsh and Bovey 1988)    
 
Amblystegiaceae
Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) C. Jens..  
CAST51
 
Amblystegiaceae
Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske (= Drepanocladus uncinatus (Hedw.) Warnst.)  
SAUNU
Boreal
Amblystegiaceae
Scorpidium scorpioides (Hedw.) Limpr.  
SCSC70
 
Aulacomniaceae
Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwaegr.  

AUPA70

Boreal
Aulacomniaceae
Aulacomnium turgidum (Wahlenb.)
Schwaegr
 
AUTU70
 
Brachytheciaceae
Tomentypnum nitens (Hedw.) Loeske  

TONI70

 
Dicranaceae
Dicranum scoparium Hedw.  
DISC71
Boreal
Ditrichaceae
Distichium capillaceum (Hedw.) B.S.G.  
DICA29
 
Ditrichaceae
Ditrichum flexicaule (Schwaegr.) Hampe  
DIFL70
 
Entodontaceae
Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.  
PLSC70
Boreal
Hylocomiaceae
Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) B.S.G.  
HYSP70
Boreal
Polytrichaceae
Polytrichum strictum Brid.  
POST70
 
Rhytidiaceae
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst.  
RHTR70
Boreal
Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum angustifolium (Russ.) Tolf.  
SPAN11
 
Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum warnstorfii Russ.  
SPWA70
Boreal
Splachnaceae
Splachnum luteum  
SPLU7
 
         
Liverworts
   
Ptilidiaceae
Ptilidium ciliare  
PTCI
 
Marchantiaceae
Marchantia polymorpha L.  
MAPO16
 

Last Updated: 27-Mar-2006
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