Feather Mosses
Hypnales
Hypnales, synonyms including Isobryales, is an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them the largest order of mosses.
45 branches of this order, most-observed first
Brachytheciaceae
familyBrachytheciaceae
Hylocomiaceae
familyHylocomiaceae
Hypnaceae
familyHypnaceae
Neckeraceae
familyNeckeraceae
Thuidiaceae
familyThuidiaceae
Entodon Moss Family
familyEntodontaceae
Amblystegiaceae
familyAmblystegiaceae
Pylaisiaceae
familyPylaisiaceae
Plagiotheciaceae
familyPlagiotheciaceae
Leucodontaceae
familyLeucodontaceae
Lembophyllaceae
familyLembophyllaceae
Climacium Moss Family
familyClimaciaceae
Sematophyllaceae
familySematophyllaceae
Anomodontaceae
familyAnomodontaceae
Fontinalaceae
familyFontinalaceae
Antitrichiaceae
familyAntitrichiaceae
Scorpidiaceae
familyScorpidiaceae
Myuriaceae
familyMyuriaceae
Leskeaceae
familyLeskeaceae
Calliergonaceae
familyCalliergonaceae
Meteoriaceae
familyMeteoriaceae
Cryphaeaceae
familyCryphaeaceae
Fabroniaceae
familyFabroniaceae
Theliaceae
familyTheliaceae
Stereodontaceae
familyStereodontaceae
Rhytidiaceae
familyRhytidiaceae
Pterigynandraceae
familyPterigynandraceae
Jocheniaceae
familyJocheniaceae
Pseudoleskeellaceae
familyPseudoleskeellaceae
Pterobryaceae
familyPterobryaceae
Acrocladiaceae
familyAcrocladiaceae
Pseudoleskeaceae
familyPseudoleskeaceae
Trachylomataceae
familyTrachylomataceae
Catagoniaceae
familyCatagoniaceae
Pleuroziopsaceae
familyPleuroziopsaceae
Rigodiaceae
familyRigodiaceae
Echinodiaceae
familyEchinodiaceae
Orthorrhynchiaceae
familyOrthorrhynchiaceae
Stereophyllaceae
familyStereophyllaceae
Heterocladiellaceae
familyHeterocladiellaceae
Leptodontaceae
familyLeptodontaceae
Habrodontaceae
familyHabrodontaceae
Myriniaceae
familyMyriniaceae
Sorapillaceae
familySorapillaceae
Microtheciellaceae
familyMicrotheciellaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67858.