Years of localized collecting have produced an incomplete perspective of the distribution of mosses throughout Ohio. Neighboring counties often widely differ in their reported number of taxa, creating distribution gaps, one of which extends along the panhandle border of West Virginia and the Ohio line (Snider and Andreas 1996). Overall, 22 counties were included in the study yielding 122 taxa with 271 new and 144 confirmed county records based upon the holdings of the Herbarium of Youngstown State University (YUO). No new state records were added.The nomenclature used follows that of Anderson (1990) and Anderson eft al. (1990). Taxa are listed alphabetically by family. A NC after the accession number represents a new county record whereas RC is a reported confirmation. The studied Ohio counties are given in three-letter abbreviations
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