Alpine Bryophytes of BC
There is a really neat publication from Wilf Schofield that correlates bryophytes to different biogeoclimatic zones in British Columbia. While names have changed with the passing of time, his species lists are based on extensive collections throughout BC. I am trying to reformat these lists and hopefully add some more habitat details as well as other taxa that are not represented on the original lists. Perhaps @dbltucker @ptilidium @terrymcintosh @jamie_fenneman have comments or revisions on this modified list. I have also revised lists for Mountain Hemlock, Subalpine Fir, Coastal Douglas Fir and Coastal Western Hemlock Zones and would like to add an urban bryozone list.
Schofield, W.B. 1988. Bryogeography and the bryophytic characterization of the biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia, Canada. Can. J. Bot. 66: 2673–2686.
Alpine Mosses
Rock (including soil ledges)
Andreaea blyttii
Andreaea nivalis
Arctoa fulvella
Bartramia ithyphylla
Dicranoweisia crispula
Kiaeria blyttii
Kiaeria falcata
Kiaeria starkei
Mnium blyttii
Oncophorus virens
Racomitrium muticum
Racomitrium sudeticum
Syntrichia norvegica
Soils
Aongstroemia longipes (mineral)
Bryum weigelii (organic-rich)
Conostomum tetragonum (vernal)
Dicranum pallidisetum (organic rich)
Meiotrichum lyallii (mineral)
Oligotrichum hercynicum
Pohlia cardotii
Pohlia obtusifolia
Polytrichum sexangulare (mineral)
Tortula hoppeana (silt rich, calcareous)
Wetlands and Drainage
Calliergon sarmentosum
Dichodontium olympicum
Hygrohypnum alpinum
Hygrohypnum alpestre
Meesia uliginosa
Sphagnum compactum (Fens)
Sphagnum warnstorfii (Fens)
Alpine Liverworts
Rock (including soil ledges)
Asterella lindenbergiana (crevices)
Clevea hyalina (crevices)
Gymnomitrion concinnatum
Mannia gracilis (crevices)
Tritomaria polita
Soils
Barbilophozia floerkei (on shrubs, too)
Barbilophozia quadriloba
Gymnomitrion concinnatum
Lophozia opacifolia
Tritomaria polita
Wetlands and Drainage
Anthelia julacea
Anthelia juratzkana
Cephalozia pleniceps
Haplomitrium hookeri
Marsupella brevissima
Nardia compressa (wet rocks along drainage)
Nardia japonica
Pleurocladula albescens
Scapania obscura
Scapania uliginosa
Schofieldia monticola
