Mosses of the Northern Forest

Jerry Jenkins directs the Northern Forest Atlas Project. He is author of Woody Plants of the Northern Forest, Sedges of the Northern Forest, Climate Change in the Adirondacks, The Adirondack Atlas, and coauthor of Acid Rain in the Adirondacks.

Introduction

Visual Glossary

About Mosses

1. Quick Guides to Habitats

Moss Map 1: Living Trees

Moss Map 2: Woody Debris

Moss Map 3: Acid Boulders

Moss Map 4: Boreal Forest Floor

Moss Map 5: Limy Boulder and Cobble

Moss Map 6: Acid Ledges

Moss Map 7: Limy Knolls and Ledges

Moss Map 8: Rocky Woodland Stream

Moss Map 9: Forest Floor in a Medium-Fertility Swamp

Moss Map 10: Bog Pond, Open Bog, Spruce-Tamarack Swamp

Moss Map 11: Rich Fen, Cedar Swamp

2. Quick Guides to Acrocarps

About Acrocarps

Dominant Acrocarps

Acrocarps With Distinctive Shoots

Acrocarps With Distinctive Leaves

Ordinary Acrocarps With Sharp-Tipped Linear-Lanceolate Leaves

Ordinary Acrocarps With Lanceolate Leaves

Ordinary Acrocarps With Long-Tipped Leaves

Ordinary Acrocarps With Oval or Oboval Leaves

Acrocarps With Gemmae or Brood Branchesor Leaves Whose Tips Break Off

Acrocarp Capsules

3. Quick Guides to Pleurocarps

About Pleurocarps

Dominant Upland Pleurocarps

Dominant wetland and Stream-Bank Pleurocarps

Treelike Pleurocarps

Pleurocarps With Pinnate Branches

Pleurocarps With Flattened Shoots

Worm-Branched Pleurocarps

Shaggy Pleurocarps

Small Stringy Pleurocarps

Straight-Leaved Pleurocarps With Slender Leaf Tips

Broad-Leaved Pleurocarps With Oval or Oblong Leaves

Falcate-Secund Pleurocarps, Not Pinnate

Pleurocarps With Brood Branches

Pleurocarp Capsules

4. Quick Guides to Sphagnum

About Sphagnum

The Sections of Sphagnum

Colored Sphagnums

Dominant Sphagnums, Covering Large Areas

Sphagnums With Distinctive Heads

Sphagnums With Distinctive Branches and Branch Leaves

Sphagnums With Recurved Branch Leaves

Sphagnums With Distinctive Stem Leaves

Two Difficult Species

5. Systematic Sections

Acrocarps

Pleurocarps

Sphagnum