See Classification Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence[1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales.

Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.

[2] The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:[3]

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