Identification Guide to Selected Bryophytes of Conservation Concern Occurring in the Southern Appalachians

Brachydontium trichodes
Bryoxiphium norvegicum
Donrichardsia pringlei
Fissidens appalachensis
Fissidens closteri
Homaliadelphus sharpii
Leptodontium viticulosoides
Leptohymenium sharpii
Plagiomnium rhynchophorum
Pohlia rabunbaldensis
Schlotheimia lancifolia
Syntrichia ammonsiana
Syntrichia amphidiacea

Bazzania nudicaulis
Cephaloziella spinicaulis
Cheilolejeunea evansii
Cololejeunea ornata
Diplophyllum andrewsii
Drepanolejeunea appalachiana
Frullania appalachiana
Lejeunea blomquistii
Lejeunea sharpii
Lophocolea appalachiana
Marsupella paroica
Metzgeria violacea
Pellia appalachiana
Plagiochila caduciloba
Plagiochila echinata
Porella japonica subsp. appalachiana

Nothoceros aenigmaticus

A general guide to a few common mosses and liverworts is available for downloaded by clicking the following link: pdf of A Trailside Guide to Mosses and Liverworts of the Cherokee National Forest by Paul Davison and Mark Pistrang, 2008

Key to Frullania species in the Southern Appalachians
Overview of Frullania
Morphology of Frullania
Tips on Collecting/Lab Study of Frullania