Plant Growing Guides

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss on Tree Bark

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Orthotrichum species, Dicranum scoparium)

Moss Ground Cover

Bryophyta (division)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Moss-loving shade plants

Various species (Bryophyta division and shade-tolerant angiosperms)

Moss Phlox Purple Beauty

Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'

Moss Phlox Temiskaming

Phlox subulata 'Temiskaming'

Moss Phlox White Delight

Phlox subulata 'White Delight'

Most Vegetables

Various species

Mother of Thyme Elfin

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'

Motherwort

Leonurus cardiaca

Mounding White

Impatiens walleriana 'Mounding White'

Mountain Alder

Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia

Mountain Ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Mountain Ash Pendula

Sorbus aucuparia 'Pendula'

Mountain Avens

Geum montanum

Mountain Birch

Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa

Mountain Bladder Fern

Cystopteris montana

Mountain Bluebell

Mertensia alpina

Mountain Bluegrass

Poa subalpina

Mountain Bluet

Centaurea montana

Mountain Brome

Bromus marginatus

Mountain Cornflower Rosea

Centaurea montana 'Rosea'

Mountain Heather

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Mountain Holly Fern

Polystichum lonchitis

Mountain Huckleberry

Vaccinium membranaceum

Mountain Lichen

Umbilicaria species (commonly U. pustulata, U. phaeaea, or other alpine Umbilicaria spp.)

Mountain Pine

Pinus mugo

Mountain Saxifrage

Saxifraga species

Mountain Timothy Grass

Phleum alpinum

Mounted Mosses and Lichens

Bryophyta (mosses) and Ascomycota/Basidiomycota (lichens)

Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium arvense

Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium beeringianum

Mouseear Hawkweed

Pilosella officinarum

Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta ventricosa 'Variegata'

Burnet Rose

Rosa spinosissima

Mugo Pine

Pinus mugo

Mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Clover (Cover Crop)

Trifolium spp.

Mulch-producing plants

Various species

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Mung Bean

Vigna radiata

Muscari

Muscari armeniacum

Armenian Grape Hyacinth

Muscari armeniacum

Muscari 'Blue Magic'

Muscari armeniacum 'Blue Magic'

Musclewood

Carpinus caroliniana

Shiitake Mushroom

Lentinula edodes

Musk Sedge

Carex muscosa