You will find listed here, in alphabetical order, all the British flowerless plant species from our Flora and Fauna database. As there are a large number of species with similar names we have included the genus, species, phylum, family and kingdom to help you correctly select the one you are looking for.
All flowerless plants are of the Kingdom Plantae, and a number of different phylum.
This page only displays species that have common names, there is likely to be many more members of this species
in the main database that are found either in or around the British Isles or somewhere within the United Kingdom
that do not have common names they will however be marked native
, introduced
, etc. To access these
return to Flora and Fauna Menu and use the World Wildlife sub-menu.
If photographs are available the species name is displayed in bold with the camera icon
beside it along with the number of photos available. Similarly if
other types of image, e.g. paintings or drawings, are available the image icon
is displayed along with the number of images. To view the images click on the species name.
Where species are at risk or endangered the Common Name is displayed in red emboldened text.
| Common Name | Species | Status | Family | Sub Order | Order |
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Aloe-moss, Common - aloina moss |
Native |
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Apple-moss, Common - bartramia moss |
Native |
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Apple-moss, Fountain - philonotis moss |
Native |
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Apple-moss, Haller's - Haller's bartramia moss |
Native |
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Atrichum moss |
Native |
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Atrichum moss, Undulate |
Native |
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attenuate entosthodon moss |
Native |
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Azolla |
Introduced |
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Baltic Stonewort |
Native |
Glossata |
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Beard-moss, Bird's-claw - barbula moss |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Fallacious |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Glaucous |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Lesser Bird's-claw - convoluted barbula moss |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Red |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Revolute - pseudocrossidium moss |
Native |
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Beard-moss, Rigid |
Native |
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Bicoloured Bryum |
Native |
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Bitter Scalewort |
Native |
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Bladder-fern, Brittle |
Native |
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Bladder-fern. Mountain, |
Native |
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Bladderwort, Greater |
Native |
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Bladderwort, Lesser |
Native |
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Bladderwort, Pale or Yellowishwhite, |
Native |
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Bladderwort, Wavy |
Native |
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Bladderwort. Intermediate or Flatleaf, |
Native |
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Blindia, Sharp-leaved - acute blindia moss |
Native |
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Blueish Veilwort |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Blunt-leaved - prairie sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Cow-horn - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Feathery - toothed sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Fine - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Five-ranked - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Flat-topped - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Flexuous - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Fringed - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Girgensohn's - Girgensohn's sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Lesser Cow-horn - water sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Lustrous - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Papillose - papillose sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Red - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Rigid - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Soft - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Spiky - sphagnum |
Native |
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Bog-moss, Twisted - contorted sphagnum |
Native |
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Bow-moss, Beaked |
Native |
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Bracken |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, Anomalous - orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, Lyell's - Lyell's orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, Shaw's - orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, Straw - orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, White-tipped - orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Bristle-moss, Wood - orthotrichum moss |
Native |
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Brook-moss, Claw |
Native |
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Brook-moss, Drab |
Native |
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Brook-moss, Western |
Native |
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Bruch's Pincushion |
Native |
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Brunton's Dog-tooth |
Native |
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Bryum, Marsh |
Native |
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Bryum, Pea |
Native |
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Buckler-Fern |
Native |
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Buckler-Fern |
Native |
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Buckler-fern, Broad |
Native |
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Buckler-fern, Narrow |
Native |
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Buckler-fern. Crested, crested woodfern |
Native |
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Buckler-fern. Northern, Spreading woodfern |
Native |
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Chilean Hard-fern |
Introduced |
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Clubmoss, Alpine |
Native |
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Clubmoss, Fir |
Native |
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Clubmoss, Stag's-horn - common club moss |
Native |
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Clubmoss. Interrupted, |
Native |
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Clubmoss. Inundated or Marsh, |
Native |
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Clubmoss. Lesser, Club spikemoss |
Native |
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Comb-moss, Chalk |
Native |
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Common Frillwort |
Native |
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Common Pottia |
Native |
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Common Pouchwort |
Native |
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Common Striated Feather-moss |
Native |
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Convergent Stonewort |
Native |
Glossata |
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Coral Stonewort |
Native |
Glossata |
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Cord-moss, Blunt |
Native |
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Cord-moss, Common - funaria moss |
Native |
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Crestwort, Bifid |
Native |
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Crestwort, Variable-leaved |
Native |
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Cretan brake |
Introduced |
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Crisp-moss, Curled - tortured tortella moss |
Native |
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Crisp-moss, Curly - trichostomum moss |
Native |
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Crisp-moss, Variable - trichostomum moss |
Native |
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Crisped Neckera |
Native |
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Crystalwort, Glaucous |
Native |
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Curnow's Pocket-moss |
Native |
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Curved Silk-moss |
Native |
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Cylindric Beard-moss |
Native |
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Dickie's Bladder-fern |
Native |
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Dilated Scalewort |
Native |
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Ditrichum moss, Curve-leaved |
Native |
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Ditrichum moss, Dark |
Native |
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Dwarf Haircap |
Native |
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Dwarf Neckera |
Native |
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Dwarf Streak-moss |
Native |
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Earth-moss, Awl-leaved - pleuridium moss |
Native |