Skeleton Guide to the Initial Groups

A Perspective Oriented Guide for the Identification of North American Moss Genera
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Skeleton to Initial Groups Revised through 30 June 2010
Group A – Plants on persistent protonemata (Sub-Guide)
Aschisma	Ephemerum	Pogonatum†
Discelium	Fissidens†	Schistostega
Group B – Plants minute with immersed capsules (Sub-Guide)
Acaulon	Eccremidium	Physcomitrium†
Aphanorrhegma	Ephemerum	Pleuridium
Archidium	Lorentziella	Pseudephemerum
Aschisma	Micromitrium	Pterygoneurum
Astomum	Phascum	Pyramidula
Bruchia†	Physcomitrella
Group C – Plants dendroid or frondose from an erect stipe (Sub-Guide)
*Plants dendroid*
Climacium	Isothecium	Pleuroziopsis
Dendroalsia	Leucolepis	Thamnobryum
*Plants frondose from a nonbranched stipe*
Hypopterygium	Pseudocryphaea	Ptilium
Pireella
Group D – Plants with pendulous branches (Sub-Guide)
Antitrichia†	Isothecium†	Zelometeorium
Barbella	Papillaria
Group E – Plants growing horizontally or with upturned/curled branch tips (Sub-Guide)
*Plants growing horizontally*
Cryphaea	Metaneckera	Neomacounia
Forsstroemia	Neckera
*Plants growing with upturned/curled branch tips*
Alsia	Homalothecium†	Pterogonium
Anomodon†	Homomallium†	Pylaisiella
Antitrichia	Leucodon	Rhytidiopsis
Dendroalsia	Platygyrium	Sematophyllum†
Group F – Plants growing on dung (Sub-Guide)
Aplodon	Tayloria†	Voitia
Splachnum	Tetraplodon

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