CHECKLIST OF THE MOSSES OF THE INTERIOR HIGHLANDS

OF NORTH AMERICA IN ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA                        

PAUL L. REDFEARN, JR.

Missouri State University

Published by the

Ozarks Regional Herbarium (SMS)

Missouri State University

Springfield, MO 65897-0095

Revised November 2007

   All collections forming the basis for this checklist have been exam­ined by the author unless the locality cited is followed by a literature citation  in parenthesis.  Counties located in the Interior Highlands are divided into approximate geographic regions, i. e., the Salem Plateau (SALEM PLATEAU:), the Springfield Plateau (SPFD PLATEAU), the St. Francois Mountains (ST FRANCOIS MTS), the Ozark Hills (OZARK HILLS:), the Boston Mountains (BOSTON MTS), the Arkansas Valley (ARKANSAS VALLEY), and the Ouachita Mountains OUACHITA MTS).  For the Springfield and Salem Plateaus and the Mississippi  lowlands, counties in Arkansas or Oklahoma are designated by "-AR" or "-OK" respectively.  For the Boston Mountains, the Arkansas Valley, and the Ouachita Mountains, counties in Oklahoma are designated by "-OK." The distribution of taxa in areas immediately adjacent to the Interior Highlands, the Unglaciated Prairie (PRAIRIE), Border Counties (BORDER COUNTIES) north of the Missouri River, the Mississippi Lowlands (MISSISSIPPI LOWLANDS), and the Coastal Plain (COAST­AL PLAIN), are also noted (Figure 1 & Table 1).  Literature citations for specimens not seen by me are included in the Literature Cited.  Voucher speci­mens, or references to herbaria where voucher specimens are depos­ited, are filed under the appropriate taxon in the bryophyte collections at the Ozark Regional Herbarium, Missouri State University (Missouri State) or The Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)^*.  Except where noted, nomenclature  follows Anderson et al. (1990).

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            ^*Most of the collections made by Redfearn and others that were originally at Missouri State  have been permanently loaned to the Missouri Botanical Garden (MO).