Abstract

This report on the occurrence of mosses from a section of southeastern Kentucky consists of specimens collected over a period of several years by the author during visits to his home in the area. The collections from eastern Harlan County are most numerous, yet are by no means complete. There are few published records of Kentucky mosses, and the list of Fulford and Shacklette (1942) is the most extensive. They listed 169 species and 14 varieties or forms, but three of these were reported from Harlan County and represent the only published records of mosses from that county. These are Bryum bimum Schreb., Brotherella recurvans (Mx.) Fl. and Neckera pennata Hedw. Other published lists are by Short (1837) and Smith (1927), and more recently Crum (1954, 1956) has made several additions to the moss flora of the state.

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