🌿 Family

Mniaceae

11 species · Plants

Plantae › Bryophyta › Bryopsida › Bryales › Mniaceae

Leucolepis acanthoneura is an endemic Pacific Coast moss with tree-shaped growth, historically used by the Saanich for yellow basket dye.

Mnium hornum, or swan's-neck thyme-moss, is a moss native to Europe and eastern North America that may be a source of arachidonic acid.

Mnium stellare is a moss species belonging to the genus Mnium, with two common names.

Plagiomnium affine, the many-fruited thyme-moss, is a boreal forest moss species with documented frost tolerance traits.

Plagiomnium cuspidatum is a widespread thyme-moss species with antimicrobial properties studied for potential medicinal uses.

Badge moss (Plagiomnium insigne) is a large showy moss native only to western North America.

Plagiomnium venustum is a Pacific Coast moss with unique identifiable traits, specific North American habitats, and documented reproductive features.

Pohlia nutans, the nodding thread-moss, is an extremophile moss in Mniaceae with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Rhizomnium glabrescens is an upright unbranched unisexual leafy moss common in low to middle elevation forests.

Rhizomnium punctatum is a moss species with distinct physical traits, native across much of the Northern Hemisphere.

Rhizomnium appalachianum is a Mniaceae moss native to eastern North America that grows in wet transition habitats.

Related Families

Bryaceae 6 species Leptostomataceae 1 species

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