This was the first manual to be published for the mosses of Texas. The last treatment of the state's moss flora was an annotated catalogue twenty-five years earlier by Whitehouse and McAllister (The Bryologist 57[2]:53-146. 1954). This book is sold as a print-on-demand spiral-bound reprint.

Contents. Preface. Introduction. Vegetation Regions (map). Key to the Families. Sphagnidae. Bryidae. References. Glossary. Sketches. Index to Genera.