Identification Resources

Some helpful resources for the identification of bryophytes:

• A Key to Bryophytes (from the Chicago Field Museum’s Keys to Nature Project)
• Bryophyte Classification & Identification (Australia National Botanic Gardens)
• California Mosses
• Flora of North America, Vol. 27: Bryophyta: Mosses, part 1
• Guide to Moss Genera (University of Illinois)
• Mosses and Other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary (1st ed., with link to publisher’s website)
• Mosses and Other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary (2nd ed., available from the California Native Plant Society) (See the press release with additional details here: 20091027_cnps_moss)
• The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Southwestern British Columbia by Judith Louise Dean Godfrey, 1977 (downloadable PDF)