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
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
Spike-mosses
Class: Isoetopsida Order: Selaginellales, Family: Selaginellaceae
Mosses
Granite mosses
Class: Andreaeopsida Order: Andreaeales, Family: Andreaeaceae
Peat mosses
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
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