phidias's Identifications
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Curly Crisp-Moss (Trichostomum crispulum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On sheltered rock outcrop in limestone dale. Leaves hooded. Looks like a type of lichen is growing on it.
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Variable Crisp-Moss (Trichostomum brachydontium)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On rock outcrop in woodland of limestone dale. Leaves 4mm long.
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Silvery Bryum (Bryum argenteum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On soil of old anthill.
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Fern-leaved Hook-Moss (Cratoneuron filicinum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
By spring in limestone dale. Leaves straight.
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Bird's-Claw Beard-Moss (Barbula unguiculata)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On bare soil in limestone dale. Nerve looks channelled maybe.
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Rough Goose Neck Moss (Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
With Rhytidium rugosum and Dicranum scoparium on side of limestone dale
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Tender Feather-Moss (Rhynchostegiella tenella)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On lower part of rock outcrop in limestone dale woodland.
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Hornschuch's Beard-Moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On bare soil in limestone dale with Ptychostomum pallens. Leaves up to 1mm long with recurved margins.
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Variable Crisp-Moss (Trichostomum brachydontium)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On soil over limestone rock outcrops. Leaves 3.5mm long.
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Intermediate Screw-Moss (Syntrichia montana)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On limestone rock outcrop.
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Wavy Beard-Moss (Husnotiella sinuosa)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered patches on limestone rocks. Leaves up to 4mm long. Leaves with broken tips, wavy margins with notches and isodiametrixmc cells overlying the nerve. Younger leaves with small teeth at apex.
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Thickpoint Bloom Moss (Schistidium crassipilum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale. Perichaetial leaves longer than capsules. Capsule walls have longer cells than Schistidium apocarpum. Leaves have no sinuose cells.
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Green-tufted Stubble Moss (Weissia controversa)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Abundant on patches of bare soil on steep hillside especially around rock outcrops. Leaves 3mm long with involve margins. Capsules with peristome teeth.
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Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullania tamarisci)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
A few patches on sheltered rock in limestone dale. Leaves with diagonal lines of modified cells. Helmet-shaped lobules longer than wide. Notched underleaves.
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Redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On rock with other bryophytes in limestone dale.
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Broom Forkmoss (Dicranum scoparium)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
In limestone dale.
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Comb-Moss (Ctenidium molluscum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Colonising loose limestone scree.
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Rough-stalked Feather-Moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
In grassland in limestone dale with other bryophytes.
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Neat Feather-Moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
In grassland around small mammal holes in grassland in limestone dale.
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Pointed Spear-Moss (Calliergonella cuspidata)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On limestone rock with brown gunky jelly lichen? Lots more down the dale in grassland.
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Spiral Extinguisher-Moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered patches in rock crevices in limestone dale. Leaves up to 6mm long, looking quite chewed as usual. Found a few filiform gemmae.
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Flat Neckera (Alleniella complanata)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Rambling around rocks in tumbledown wall.
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Capillary Thread-Moss (Ptychostomum capillare)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale.
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Anomalous Bristle-Moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered cushions on tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale.
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Silky Wall Feather-Moss (Homalothecium sericeum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On tumbledown wall in limestone dale next to Homalothecium lutescens but branches shorter and curved when dry. Leaves 1.5mm long and seem more dense at the top half of the stem.
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Yellow Feather-Moss (Homalothecium lutescens)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Sprawling over tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale. Leaves 2mm long with smooth basal margins.
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Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Occasional cushions on tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale. It blends in almost perfectly with the colour of the roc.
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Common Wall-screw Moss (Tortula muralis ssp. muralis)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On tumbledown wall and other rocks in limestone dale.
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Zygodon stirtoniiObserver
helenwatermanDescription
On gritstone wall. Leaves have thick excurrent nerve.
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Silky Forklet-Moss (Dicranella heteromalla)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On bank of moorland stream.
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