Amblystegiaceae
Amblystegiaceae is a family of mosses. It includes 20 to 30 genera with a total of up to 150 species. They occur nearly worldwide, growing in tropical, temperate, and subpolar regions.
These mosses are small to large in size and are yellow, green, or brown in color. Some are aquatic and some terrestrial. Most occur in wet habitat types. Many occur in substrates with a basic pH, but some grow in neutral to acidic substrates.
32 branches of this family, most-observed first
Amblystegium
genusAmblystegium
Hygroamblystegium
genusHygroamblystegium
Leptodictyum
genusLeptodictyum
Palustriella
genusPalustriella
Drepanocladus
genusDrepanocladus
Cratoneuron
genusCratoneuron
Campylium
genusCampylium
Campyliadelphus
genusCampyliadelphus
Tomentypnum
genusTomentypnum
Hygrohypnum
genusHygrohypnum
Anacamptodon
genusAnacamptodon
Campylophyllum
genusCampylophyllum
Campylophyllopsis
genusCampylophyllopsis
Pseudoamblystegium
genusPseudoamblystegium
Platylomella
genusPlatylomella
Platyhypnum
genusPlatyhypnum
Serpoleskea
genusSerpoleskea
Cratoneuropsis
genusCratoneuropsis
Pseudocampylium
genusPseudocampylium
Conardia
genusConardia
Microhypnum
genusMicrohypnum
Kandaea
genusKandaea
Drepanium
genusDrepanium
Vittia
genusVittia
Arvernella
genusArvernella
Sciaromiopsis
genusSciaromiopsis
Hypnobartlettia
genusHypnobartlettia
Calliergidium
genusCalliergidium
Drepanophyllaria
genusDrepanophyllaria
Koponenia
genusKoponenia
Microamblystegium
genusMicroamblystegium
Gradsteinia
genusGradsteinia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 129777.