There are at least 23 species of clubmosses and 153 species of mosses found in the state of Montana in the United States. The Montana Natural Heritage Program has identified a number of clubmoss and moss species as species of concern.
Clubmosses
(
Lycopodium clavatum)
Clubmosses Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae •
Alpine clubmoss,
Diphasiastrum alpinum •
Chinese clubmoss,
Huperzia chinensis •
Common clubmoss,
Lycopodium clavatum •
Northern bog clubmoss,
Lycopodiella inundata •
One-cone clubmoss,
Lycopodium lagopus •
Pacific clubmoss,
Huperzia haleakalae •
Sitka clubmoss,
Diphasiastrum sitchense •
Stiff clubmoss,
Spinulum annotinum •
Trailing clubmoss,
Diphasiastrum complanatum •
Tree groundpine,
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum •
Western clubmoss,
Huperzia occidentalis Quillworts Class: Isoetopsida Order: Isoetales,
Family: Isoetaceae •
Bolander's quillwort,
Isoetes bolanderi •
Howell's quillwort,
Isoetes howellii •
Nuttall's quillwort,
Isoetes nuttallii •
Spiny-spored quillwort,
Isoetes echinospora •
Western quillwort,
Isoetes occidentalis Spike-mosses (
Selaginella densa)
Class: Isoetopsida Order: Selaginellales,
Family: Selaginellaceae •
Lesser spikemoss,
Selaginella densa •
Low spikemoss,
Selaginella selaginoides •
Wallace's spikemoss,
Selaginella wallacei •
Watson's spikemoss,
Selaginella watsonii ==Mosses==
Mosses
Granite mosses Class: Andreaeopsida Order: Andreaeales,
Family: Andreaeaceae •
Blytt's andreaea moss,
Andreaea blyttii Peat mosses (
Sphagnum angustifolium)
Class: Sphagnopsida Order: Sphagnales,
Family: Sphagnaceae •
Contorted sphagnum,
Sphagnum contortum •
Flat-leaved bogmoss,
Sphagnum platyphyllum •
Flat-topped bogmoss,
Sphagnum fallax •
Fringed bogmoss,
Sphagnum fimbriatum •
Girgensohn's sphagnum,
Sphagnum girgensohnii •
Low sphagnum,
Sphagnum compactum •
Magellan's peat moss,
Sphagnum magellanicum •
Mendocino peat moss,
Sphagnum mendocinum •
Barrowleaf peat moss,
Sphagnum angustifolium •
Rusty peat moss,
Sphagnum fuscum •
Sphagnum moss,
Sphagnum centrale •
Streamside sphagnum moss,
Sphagnum riparium •
Wulf's peat moss,
Sphagnum wulfianum Haircap mosses Class: Polytrichopsida Order: Polytrichales,
Family: Polytrichaceae •
Lyall's polytrichum moss,
Meiotrichum lyallii •
Northern haircap,
Polytrichum sexangulare •
Oligotrichum moss,
Oligotrichum aligerum True mosses ''
Class: Bryopsida •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Amblystegiaceae •
Campylium moss,
Campylium polygamum •
Cardot's campylium moss,
Campylium cardotii •
Hygroamblystegium moss,
Hygroamblystegium noterophilum •
Hygrohypnum moss,
Hygrohypnum cochlearifolium •
Hygrohypnum moss,
Hygrohypnum duriusculum •
Limprichtia moss,
Limprichtia revolvens •
Pointed spear-moss,
Calliergonella cuspidata •
Pseudocalliergon moss,
Pseudocalliergon turgescens •
Richardson's calliergon moss,
Calliergon richardsonii •
Sarmenthypnum moss,
Sarmenthypnum sarmentosum •
Scorpidium moss,
Scorpidium scorpioides •
Smith's hygrohypnum moss,
Hygrohypnum smithii •
Three-ranked spear-moss,
Pseudocalliergon trifarium •
Varnished hook-moss,
Hamatocaulis vernicosus •
Warnstorfia moss,
Warnstorfia exannulata •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Brachytheciaceae •
Barnes' eurhynchium moss,
Eurhynchium pulchellum var.
barnesii •
Cedar moss,
Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium •
Leiberg's brachythecium moss,
Brachythecium leibergii •
Long-beaked water feathermoss,
Platyhypnidium riparioides •
Matted feather moss,
Brachythecium populeum •
Nelson's brachythecium moss,
Brachythecium nelsonii •
Sharp point moss,
Brachythecium oxycladon •
Steerecleus moss,
Steerecleus serrulatus •
Stiff brachythecium moss,
Brachythecium turgidum •
Trachybryum moss,
Trachybryum megaptilum •
Order: Bryales,
Family: Bryaceae (
Bryum schleicheri) •
Alpine bryum moss,
Bryum alpinum •
Arctic bryum moss,
Bryum arcticum •
Bryum moss,
Bryum calobryoides •
Bryum moss,
Bryum calophyllum •
Round-leaved bryum moss,
Bryum cyclophyllum •
Bryum moss,
Bryum dichotomum •
Bryum moss,
Bryum lonchocaulon •
Bryum moss,
Bryum pallens •
Drummond's pohlia moss,
Pohlia drummondii •
Obtuseleaf pohlia moss,
Pohlia obtusifolia •
Lagiobryum moss,
Plagiobryum demissum •
Pohlia moss,
Pohlia vexans •
Schleicher's bryum moss,
Bryum schleicheri •
Waterfall copper moss,
Haplodontium macrocarpum •
Zierian hump-moss,
Plagiobryum zieri •
Order: Bryales,
Family: Catoscopiaceae •
Black golf club moss,
Catoscopium nigritum •
Order: Dicranales,
Family: Dicranaceae •
Acuteleaf dicranum moss,
Dicranum acutifolium •
Blytt's kiaeria moss,
Kiaeria blyttii •
Cynodontium moss,
Cynodontium tenellum •
Dicranella moss,
Dicranella palustris •
Dicranella moss,
Dicranella subulata •
Dicranoweisia moss,
Dicranoweisia cirrata •
Dicranum moss,
Dicranum angustum •
Dicranum moss,
Dicranum spadiceum •
Fragile leaf dicranum moss,
Dicranum fragilifolium •
Greville's dicranella moss,
Dicranella grevilleana (
Dicranella heteromalla) •
Longleaf paraleucobryum moss,
Paraleucobryum longifolium •
Olympic dichodontium moss,
Dichodontium olympicum •
Paraleucobryum moss,
Paraleucobryum enerve •
Schreber's dicranella moss,
Dicranella schreberiana •
Sickle kiaeria moss,
Kiaeria falcata •
Silky forklet moss,
Dicranella heteromalla •
Starke's kiaeria moss,
Kiaeria starkei •
Order: Dicranales,
Family: Ditrichaceae •
Ambiguous ditrichum moss,
Ditrichum ambiguum •
Cylindrical trichodon,
Trichodon cylindricus •
Incline distichium moss,
Distichium inclinatum •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Fabroniaceae •
Silver hair moss,
Fabronia pusilla •
Order: Fissidentales,
Family: Fissidentaceae •
phoenix moss,
Fissidens fontanus •
Order: Leucodontales,
Family: Fontinalaceae •
antifever fontinalis moss,
Fontinalis antipyretica •
Order: Funariales,
Family: Funariaceae (
Physcomitrium pyriforme) •
American funaria moss,
Funaria americana •
common bladder moss,
Physcomitrium pyriforme •
Hooker's physcomitrium moss,
Physcomitrium hookeri •
rusty cord-moss,
Entosthodon rubiginosus •
Order: Grimmiales,
Family: Grimmiaceae •
Agassiz's schistidium moss,
Schistidium agassizii •
aquatic racomitrium moss,
Racomitrium aquaticum •
Britton's dry rock moss,
Grimmia brittoniae •
curved dry rock moss,
Grimmia incurva •
fascicled racomitrium moss,
Racomitrium fasciculare •
grimmia dry rock moss,
Grimmia laevigata •
grimmia dry rock moss,
Grimmia mollis •
pygmy racomitrium moss,
Niphotrichum pygmaeum •
racomitrium moss,
Bucklandiella brevipes •
racomitrium moss,
Racomitrium heterostichum •
varied racomitrium moss,
Racomitrium varium •
western racomitrium moss,
Racomitrium occidentale •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Hypnaceae •
Callicladium moss,
Callicladium haldanianum •
herzogiella moss,
Herzogiella striatella •
herzogiella moss,
Herzogiella turfacea •
hypnum moss,
Hypnum callichroum •
hypnum moss,
Hypnum procerrimum •
platygyrium moss,
Platygyrium repens •
recurved hypnum moss,
Hypnum recurvatum (
Hypnum procerrimum) •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Leskeaceae •
Claopodium moss,
Claopodium crispifolium •
Order: Leucodontales,
Family: Leucodontaceae •
Dendroalsia moss,
Dendroalsia abietina •
Order: Bryales,
Family: Meesiaceae •
Short-tooth hump-moss,
Amblyodon dealbatus •
Angled paludella moss,
Paludella squarrosa •
Meesia moss,
Meesia longiseta •
Three-ranked hump-moss,
Meesia triquetra •
Broad-nerved hump-moss,
Meesia uliginosa •
Order: Bryales,
Family: Mniaceae •
cinclidium moss,
Cinclidium stygium •
Leucolepis umbrella moss,
Leucolepis acanthoneuron •
Order: Leucodontales,
Family: Neckeraceae •
Douglas' neckera moss,
Neckera douglasii •
Order: Orthotrichales,
Family: Orthotrichaceae •
Mougeot's amphidium moss,
Amphidium mougeotii •
orthotrichum moss,
Orthotrichum praemorsum •
Order: Pottiales,
Family: Pottiaceae •
Bartram's tortula moss,
Syntrichia bartramii •
convoluted barbula moss,
Barbula convoluta •
didymodon moss,
Didymodon brachyphyllus (
Didymodon ferrugineus) •
didymodon moss,
Didymodon ferrugineus •
Heim's desmatodon moss,
Hennediella heimii •
flamingo moss,
Tortula cernua •
lamella pterygoneurum moss,
Pterygoneurum lamellatum •
lime-seep eucladium moss,
Eucladium verticillatum •
Norwegian tortula moss,
Tortula norvegica •
obtuseleaf desmatodon moss,
Desmatodon obtusifolius •
oxystegus moss,
Trichostomum tenuirostre •
pseudocrossidium moss,
Pseudocrossidium obtusulum •
rigid didymodon moss,
Didymodon rigidulus var.
gracilis •
sessile pterygoneurum moss,
Pterygoneurum subsessile •
short-beaked aloe-moss (
Aloina brevirostris) •
toothed phascum moss,
Phascum cuspidatum •
tortella moss,
Tortella inclinata •
tortula moss (
Syntrichia papillosissima) •
tortula moss,
Tortula caninervis •
tortula moss,
Tortula muralis •
twisted tortella moss,
Tortella tortuosa •
wideleaf crumia moss,
Crumia latifolia •
wideleaf stegonia moss,
Stegonia latifolia •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Pterigynandraceae •
myurella moss,
Myurella tenerrima •
Order: Grimmiales,
Family: Ptychomitraceae (
Schistostega pennata) •
Gardner's ptychomitrium moss,
Ptychomitrium gardneri •
Order: Schistostegales,
Family: Schistostegaceae •
luminous moss,
Schistostega pennata •
Order: Seligeriales,
Family: Seligeraceae •
acute blindia moss,
Blindia acuta •
Donn's small limestone moss,
Seligeria donniana •
Order: Funariales,
Family: Splachnaceae •
acuminate dung moss,
Tayloria acuminata •
entire-leaf nitrogen moss,
Tetraplodon mnioides •
lingulate dung moss,
Tayloria lingulata •
pinkstink dung moss,
Splachnum sphaericum •
serrate dung moss,
Tayloria serrata •
toothed-leaf nitrogen moss,
Tetraplodon angustatus •
Order: Hypnales,
Family: Thamnobryaceae •
Bigelow's porotrichum moss,
Porotrichum bigelovii •
Necker's thamnobryum moss,
Thamnobryum neckeroides •
Order: Bryales,
Family: Timmiaceae •
Norwegian timmia moss,
Timmia norvegica ==Further reading==