| Bryophytes
(Liverworts, Hornworts and Mosses)
|
Further
information is contained in the Bryophyte Atlas of Exmoor
National Park
(see publications list) |
LIVERWORTS |
| HAIRY THREADWORT |
Blepharostoma trichophyllum |
This was included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996
but we are unable to trace source of record so it must be considered
unconfirmed. |
| HANDSOME WOOLLYWORT |
Trichocolea tomentella |
In damp deciduous woodland and shady banks by streams. Capsules
very rare. |
| BRISTLY FINGERWORT |
Kurzia pauciflora |
Wet moorland peat. Capsules occasional |
| HEATH FINGERWORT |
Kurzia trichoclados |
Only record from peaty bank on moorland (Badgworthy) 1975 |
| CREEPING FINGERWORT |
Lepidozia reptans |
On soil, peat, rotting wood and woodland banks. Capsules occasional. |
| ROCK FINGERWORT |
Lepidozia cupressina |
Rare in S.W. England. Exmoor is probably the main stronghold
where it is abundant on a scree slope. Probably best site in
SW. |
| GREATER WHIPWORT |
Bazzania trilobata |
On rocks and boulders on open moorland also on soil in woods.
Capsules rare. |
| COMMON POUCHWORT |
Calypogeia fissa |
On damp banks by streams on heaths and moors. Capsules occasional. |
| MUELLER'S POUCHWORT |
Calypogeia muelleriana |
On peaty banks and boggy wet areas. |
| BOG POUCHWORT |
Calypogeia sphagnicola |
Only records from Barle Valley c1980 among Sphagnum. |
| NOTCHED POUCHWORT |
Calypogeia arguta |
In sheltered combes and ditches, woods and loamy banks in
Western side of Exmoor. Capsules rare. |
| TWO-HORNED PINCERWORT |
Cephalozia bicuspidata |
In a wide range of habitats. Capsules common. |
| MOON-LEAVED PINCERWORT |
Cephalozia lunulifolia |
Woods & moorland. Capsules occasional. |
| FORCIPATED PINCERWORT |
Cephalozia connivens |
Wet heathland and woodland. Capsules frequent. |
| WOOD-RUST |
Nowellia curvifolia |
Locally abundant on decayed logs in damp woodland. Capsules
occasional. |
| BOG-MOSS FLAPWORT |
Odontoschisma sphagni |
Amongst Sphagnum in moorland bogs. Capsules rare. |
| MATCHSTICK FLAPWORT |
Odontoschisma denudatum |
One report from nr Simonsbath (SERC) |
| BROWN FLAPWORT |
Odontoschisma elongatum |
Only one report from nr Simonsbath (SERC). Boggy moorland.Possibly
overlooked. |
| RED THREADWORT |
Cephaloziella rubella |
Included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source of record
not known. |
| HAMPE'S THREADWORT |
Cephaloziella hampeana |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of Exmoor N.P. 1996 but source of
record not known. |
| COMMON THREADWORT |
Cephaloziella divaricata |
On heaths, moorland combes and bogs. Capsules occasional. |
| LESSER COPPERWORT |
Cephaloziella massalongi |
Included in Flora & Fauna of Exmoor N.P. (1996) but source
of record not known. |
| COMMON PAWWORT |
Barbilophozia floerkei |
On damp soil & rocks. Mainly moorland situations. |
| TRUNK PAWWORT |
Barbilophozia attenuata |
On shaded rocks in woods. Culbone Woods & Barle Valley. |
| TUMID NOTCHWORT |
Lophozia ventricosa |
On banks, heaths, peaty & boggy areas and soil in walls in
N.W. Exmoor. Capsules rare. |
| CAPITATE NOTCHWORT |
Lophozia excisa |
No current records. Open upland acidic situations. Recorded
by Watson 1915 from Brendon Hills. |
| JAGGED NOTCHWORT |
Lophozia incisa |
Moist places on soil or peat on heaths & moors. Also rock
crevices and rotten logs. Recorded by Watson Treborough 1915
and Horner 1920. |
| LESSER NOTCHWORT |
Lophozia bicrenata |
On acidic soil on heaths and amongst stones or quarries. Recorded
by Watson at Dunkery 1915 & Gupworthy 1920. |
| TOP NOTCHWORT |
Leiocolea turbinata |
On wall of old lime kiln. |
| INFLATED NOTCHWORT |
Gymnocolea inflata |
On wet heaths and bogs. An 1850 record from Lynmouth area.
Capsules rare. |
| LARGER CUT NOTCHWORT |
Tritomaria exsectiformis |
1920s records from N. Hill & Croydon Hill. Only one current
from peaty banks in damp woodland nr Cloutsham. |
| LYON'S NOTCHWORT |
Tritomaria quinquedentata |
In turf. Only current record Bossington Hill 1997. Treborough
1915. |
| AUTUMN FLAPWORT |
Jamesoniella autumnalis |
On tree boles or rock in Barle Valley Woodland. Only one record,
1990. There is one site in Devon, Som. & Cornwall. Capsules
rare. |
| ANOMALOUS FLAPWORT |
Mylia anomala |
Only current record from damp peaty moorland near Brendon
Two Gates. |
| DARK-GREEN FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia atrovirens |
On soil covered rocks by streams. Capsules ocasional. |
| DWARF FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia pumila |
On woodland soil. Fruits. |
| CRENULATED FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia gracillima |
On heaths, woodland paths and stream banks. Capsules occasional. |
| TRANSPARENT FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia hyalina |
Damp soil by streams or in woods. Only record found by Watson,
Withypool 1917. |
| TWO-LIPPED FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia subelliptica |
Only record from clay cliff near Porlock, 1971. |
| EGG FLAPWORT |
Jungermannia obovata |
Only record from clay cliffs near Porlock 1971. |
| COMPRESSED FLAPWORT |
Nardia compressa |
Only one record from submerged rocks at a farm in Devon. |
| LADDER FLAPWORT |
Nardia scalaris |
On damp soil and rocks in woodland and moorland. Capsules
occasional. |
| EARTH-CUP FLAPWORT |
Nardia geoscyphus |
Sandy soil on stream banks, paths, scree or woodland. Only
record Exe Valley, 1918, Watson. |
| NOTCHED RUSTWORT |
Marsupella emarginata var. emarginata |
By moorland streams on rocks and soil on wet moors. Capsules
occasional. A small form noted by Watson 'in quantity' at Treborough
etc. |
| WHITE EARWORT |
Diplophyllum albicans |
Abundant on soil on woodland banks. Capsules occasional. Inû1920
Watson considered it the most abundant hepatic in Somerset,
extremely common in oak woods. |
| BLUNT-LEAVED EARWORT |
Diplophyllum obtusifolium |
Occurs on Exmoor but no details available. |
| THICK-SET EARWORT |
Scapania compacta |
On rocks and soil on heaths, banks and cliffs. Mainly coastal.
Capsules occur. |
| LEAST EARWORT |
Scapania curta |
Soil in woodlands or turf at low altitudes. Only record was
in Watson's herbarium at Taunton Castle from Haddeo Bridge,
1915. Probably present and under recorded. |
| NORWEGIAN EARWORT |
Scapania scandica |
Only one record from gritty ground near Simonsbath. (1974)
Capsules unknown. |
| HEATH EARWORT |
Scapania irrigua |
Damp moorland by streams. Capsules rare. |
| WATER EARWORT |
Scapania undulata |
On rocks in and by streams, sometimes submerged. Capsules
occasional in winter & spring. |
| NORTHERN EARWORT |
Scapania subalpina |
Only one record from rocks by East Lyn, 1971. |
| GROVE EARWORT |
Scapania nemorea |
On tree stumps and rotting logs. Capsules occasional. |
| SHADY EARWORT |
Scapania umbrosa |
On rotting timber in shaded woods. Barle Valley; Horner. Capsules
rare. |
| WESTERN EARWORT |
Scapania gracilis |
On tree trunks, logs and rocks in woods and shaded walls.
Capsules occasional. |
| BIFID CRESTWORT |
Lophocolea bidentata |
On woodland banks, rocks and exposed soil. Capsules common. |
| ROSETTE CRESTWORT |
Lophocolea bidentata var. bidentata |
Included with L. bidentata |
| a liverwort |
Lophocolea bidentata var. rivularis |
Included with Lophocolea bidentata |
| VARIABLE-LEAVED CRESTWORT |
Lophocolea heterophylla |
On rotting wood or rocks in woods and moorland combes. Capsules
common. |
| FRAGRANT CRESTWORT |
Lophocolea fragrans |
On rocks and trees near the coast. Capsules occasional. |
| ST. WINIFRID'S MOSS |
Chiloscyphus polyanthos var. polyanthos |
On stones in streams and wet soil in woods. Capsules uncommon. |
| ST. WINIFRID'S OTHER MOSS |
Chiloscyphus polyanthus var.pallescens |
On rotting logs and damp woodland banks. |
| STRAGGLING POUCHWORT |
Saccogyna viticulosa |
On soil in woodlands and rocks in combes. Capsules rare. |
| KILLARNEY FEATHERWORT |
Plagiochila killarniensis |
On boulders and fallen trees in woods. Capsules not known
in Britain. |
| GREATER FEATHERWORT |
Plagiochila asplenioides |
On rocks or soil in shady woods or banks. Capsules rare. |
| LESSER FEATHERWORT |
Plagiochila porelloides |
By streams and on banks on soil or rock. Capsules rare. |
| PRICKLY FEATHERWORT |
Plagiochila spinulosa |
On rocks and banks in woods and on tree trunks. |
| SPOTTY FEATHERWORT |
Plagiochila punctata |
On rocks and tree trunks in woods. Capsules not known in Britain. |
| EVEN SCALEWORT |
Radula complanata |
On deciduous trees. Capsules common. |
| CARRINGTON'S SCALEWORT |
Radula carringtonii |
Moist shaded vertical rocks. Recorded by Watson in Exe Valley
and Culbone Wood 1923 but unlikely and needs checking. |
| CILIATED FRINGEWORT |
Ptilidium ciliare |
Amongst heather and grass on heaths and moors. Records dated
1850 Taunton Castle Herbarium. A large colony on North Hill. |
| TREE FRINGEWORT |
Ptilidium pulcherrimum |
Deciduous trees or shrubs, rotten logs or possibly rocks.
Recorded by Watson at Selworthy (1912) and in Barle Valley 1971.
Increasing in UK generally. |
| PINNATE SCALEWORT |
Porella pinnata |
On rocks and tree roots by rivers, sometimes submerged. (Barle
Valley). |
| BITTER SCALEWORT |
Porella arboris-vitae |
On rocks and tree boles and roots subject to flooding. Capsules
unknown in UK. |
| BROAD SCALEWORT |
Porella obtusata |
On coastal rocks and sheldered river valleys. A 1914 record
from Horner Wood. Capsules unknown in UK. |
| CLIFF SCALEWORT |
Porella cordaeana |
Only recorded from Barle Valley woodlands 1990. Capsules unknown. |
| WALL SCALEWORT |
Porella platyphylla |
On walls, rocks and tree boles. Capsules rare. |
| SEA SCALEWORT |
Frullania teneriffae |
On tree bark and rocks East Lyn Valley. Capsules occasional. |
| TAMARISK SCALEWORT |
Frullania tamarisci |
On tree bark and rocks. Less frequent than F. dilatata. Capsules
occasional. |
| LESSER SCALEWORT |
Frullania microphylla |
Shaded rocks on coast. |
| SPOTTY SCALEWORT |
Frullania fragilifolia |
On tree trunks and rocks. Capsules rare. East Lyn. |
| DILATED SCALEWORT |
Frullania dilatata |
Very common except on the high moorland. On bark of ash, hazel,
elder and some rocks. Capsules frequent. Watson noted that specimens
on coastal rocks were blackish (1915) |
| HUTCHINS' HOLLYWORT |
Jubula hutchinsiae |
On wet shaded rocks in and by streams. Capsules occasional. |
| MICHELI'S LEAST POUNCEWORT |
Lejeunea cavifolia |
On wet shaded rocks also tree trunks. Often with Metzgeria
conjugata. Capsules occasional. |
| WESTERN POUNCEWORT |
Lejeunea lamacerina |
On damp shaded rocks, stream banks, tree trunks and roots.
Capsules occasional. |
| PEARL POUNCEWORT |
Lejeunea patens |
One record only on moist shaded rocks by Horner Water 1998.
Capsules rare. |
| FAIRY BEADS |
Lejeunea ulicina |
On bark of deciduous trees often with Metzgeria temperata.
Also on gorse. Capsules unknown. Rarely on sheltered rock or
beat at lower altitudes. |
| ROSSETTI'S POUNCEWORT |
Cololejeunea rossettiana |
A doubtful record from Leigh Wood (Watson 1923). Limestone
rock faces, epiphytic on other bryophytes (site seems possible). |
| MACKAY'S POUNCEWORT |
Marchesinia mackaii |
On vertical rock in woods and sea cliffs. Capsules rare. |
| COMMON FRILLWORT |
Fossombronia pusilla |
By woodland paths, ditches and streams. Horner Woods. |
| ACID FRILLWORT |
Fossombronia wondraczekii |
One record from Devon 1996. Ditches and fallow fields. |
| OVERLEAF PELLIA |
Pellia epiphylla |
Wet peaty moorland, ditches and stream banks. Capsules common. |
| NEES' PELLIA |
Pellia neesiana |
On wet banks of streams, peat or wet grassy areas. Capsules
occasional. |
| ENDIVE PELLIA |
Pellia endiviifolia |
In more calcareous areas, ditches, wet rocks or damp soil.
Capsules rare. |
| COMMON KETTLEWORT |
Blasia pusilla |
There are early records from Pond Wood and Ley Hill c1915.
Prefers moist clayey soil. |
| GREASEWORT |
Aneura pinguis |
On stream banks, ditches and wet heathland. Capsules frequent. |
| DELICATE GERMANDERWORT |
Riccardia multifida |
On damp soil or peat. |
| JAGGED GERMANDERWORT |
Riccardia chamedryfolia |
On rotting logs and wet rocks. Capsules occasional. |
| BOG GERMANDERWORT |
Riccardia latifrons |
Only record from the Punchbowl, 1971. |
| FORKED VEILWORT |
Metzgeria furcata |
On trees, rocks & walls. Capsules occasional. |
| BLUEISH VEILWORT |
Metzgeria fruticulosa |
On bark often with Frullania dilatata, Amblystegium serpensûand
Ulota spp. Capsules v. rare. |
| WHISKERED VEILWORT |
Metzgeria temperata |
On acid bark, often with Microlejeunea ulicina. Capsules very
rare. |
| ROCK VEILWORT |
Metzgeria conjugata |
On rocks in sheltered combes and on tree trunks. Capsules
rare. |
| CRESCENT-CUP LIVERWORT |
Lunularia cruciata |
Stream banks, gardens, tracks and damp soil. Not on highest
ground. |
| DUMORTIER'S LIVERWORT |
Dumortiera hirsuta |
Only one record. By streams. |
| GREAT SCENTED LIVERWORT |
Conocephalum conicum |
On shady rocks and banks by streams and marshy ground. Capsules
occasional. |
| HEMISPHAERIC LIVERWORT |
Reboulia hemisphaerica |
Recorded in The Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| a liverwort |
Marchantia polymorpha sens. lat. |
River banks, churchyards, between stones in urban and rural
situations. |
| COMMON LIVERWORT |
Marchantia polymorpha ssp. ruderalis |
One confirmed record of subsp. Farmyard nr Challacombe. |
| COMMON CRYSTALWORT |
Riccia sorocarpa |
Fields, banks, paths, quarries, etc. Only record 1916 Pond
Wood. |
| GLAUCOUS CRYSTALWORT |
Riccia glauca |
Roadsides or woodland paths. Capsules common. |
| LEAST CRYSTALWORT |
Riccia subbifurca |
Only record from Monksilver 1916 Watson. |
HORNWORTS |
| DOTTED HORNWORT |
Anthoceros punctatus |
Only current record Withycombe 1998. Recorded by Watson Dunster,
Luccombe, Porlock areas 1913-20. |
| SMOOTH HORNWORT |
Phaeoceros laevis |
Recorded by Watson from various localities mainly in Eastern
Exmoor. |
MOSSES |
| PAPILLOSE BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum papillosum |
Hummock forming on wet moorland. Fruit occasional. |
| BLUNT-LEAVED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum palustre |
Wet moorlands, streamsides and wet sloping ground. Fruit occasional. |
| SPIKY BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum squarrosum |
Only current record from stream bank on moorland. Exehead.
Probably under recorded. |
| RIGID BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum teres |
Among rushes and sedges. Only a 1915 record by Watson from
Pennycombe Water. |
| FRINGED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum fimbriatum |
Only record from nr Simonsbath (SERC). Moorland or beneath
birch. |
| RUSSOW'S BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum russowii |
Only record from marshy ground at head of Hoaroak Water 1978. |
| FIVE-RANKED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum quinquefarium |
ON steep shaded banks in woodlands avoiding very wet areas. |
| ACUTE-LEAVED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum capillifolium |
By moorland streams and boggy areas. Fruit occasional. |
| RED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum rubellum |
Acid woodland banks and moorland. Fruit occasional. |
| LUSTROUS BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum subnitens |
On sloping flushed ground avoiding the more acid areas. Often
with Aulacomnium palustre. Fruit common. |
| BLUSHING BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum molle |
On wet moorland by streams. Fruits. |
| COMPACT BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum compactum |
Recorded by Watson at Pinkery Pond. 1915. |
| COW-HORN BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum auriculatum |
On moorland, woodland and in combes. Fruit occasional. |
| SLENDER COW-HORN BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum subsecundum |
Recorded by Watson on Winsford Hill 1915. |
| FEATHERY BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum cuspidatum |
Submerged in boggy pools on moorland. |
| SOFT BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum tenellum |
Recorded Nr Simonsbath (SERC) Wet heaths and boggy areas. |
| FLEXUOUS BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum recurvum var. amblyphyllum |
Now S. flexuosum. By upland streams and damp woodlands. |
| FLAT-TOPPED BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum recurvum var. mucronatum |
Now S. fallax. On wet moorland. |
| FINE BOG-MOSS |
Sphagnum recurvum var. tenue |
Damp moorland areas. Now S. angustifolium. |
| a rock moss |
Andreaea rupestris var. rupestris |
Colonizes hard rock surfaces. Only one record from Long Holcombe
1996. |
| DUSKY ROCK-MOSS |
Andreaea rothii |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| PELLUCID FOUR-TOOTH MOSS |
Tetraphis pellucida |
On rotting wood, peat and humus. Often with Lepidozia reptans.
Fruit uncommon. |
| ALPINE HAIR-CAP |
Polytrichum alpinum |
An undated specimen from Luxborough in Taunton Castle Herbarium.
A rather unlikely Exmoor species although known from Dartmoor. |
| SLENDER HAIRCAP |
Polytrichum longisetum |
Only record from Treborough Wood 1981. |
| BANK HAIRCAP |
Polytrichum formosum |
In woodlands, heaths and moorland. Fruits frequent. |
| Common Hairmoss |
Polytrichum commune |
On wet moorland and in woods. Fruits common. Watson states
once used for stuffing mattresses and making little brooms. |
| BRISTLY HAIRCAP |
Polytrichum piliferum |
On bare patches on heaths and moors. Often with P.formosum.
Fruits common. |
| JUNIPER HAIRCAP |
Polytrichum juniperinum |
On walls, heaths and dry moorland. Fruits frequent. Often
with P. urnigerum. |
| STRICT HAIRCAP |
Polytrichum alpestre |
Now P. strictum. In bogs often amongst Sphagnum. Fruit occasional. |
| DWARF HAIRCAP |
Pogonatum nanum |
On soil on banks. |
| ALOE HAIRCAP |
Pogonatum aloides |
On bare soil on banks often with Diplophyllum albicans. Fruit
common. |
| URN HAIRCAP |
Pogonatum urnigerum |
On soil capped walls on the higher moors also quarries. Fruits
common. |
| HERCYNIAN HAIRCAP |
Oligotrichum hercynicum |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP but source not known. |
| FOUNTAIN SMOOTHCAP |
Atrichum crispum |
Only one record from E. Lyn Valley 1971. River bank. Avoids
the peaty soil of Exmoor. Female plants unknown in Britain. |
| COMMON SMOOTHCAP |
Atrichum undulatum |
Woodlands, hedgebanks, heathland, waste ground. Fruits frequent. |
| NUT-MOSS |
Diphyscium foliosum |
On peaty banks in shady woods, also on rocks. Fruits frequent.
Unknown in SW England apart from Exmoor. |
| CLAY EARTH-MOSS |
Archidium alternifolium |
Scarce on muddy banks. |
| TAPER-LEAVED EARTH-MOSS |
Pleuridium acuminatum |
On banks in woods and moorland. Fruit common. |
| AWL-LEAVED EARTH-MOSS |
Pleuridium subulatum |
Only current record East Lyn area. Recorded from Porlock inû1846. |
| DELICATE EARTH-MOSS |
Pseudephemerum nitidum |
On damp farmland also on Molland Common. Fruit common. |
| CYLINDRIC DITRICHUM |
Ditrichum cylindricum |
On roadsides, woodland clearings, fields etc. Fruits rare. |
| BENDY DITRICHUM |
Ditrichum flexicaule |
Habitat basic soil in grassland or on cliffs or sanddunes.
An 1846 record from Porlock area. |
| CURVE-LEAVED DITRICHUM |
Ditrichum heteromallum |
On stony paths and in woods. Often with Diplophyllum albicans
on roadsides. Fruit common. |
| SHARP-LEAVED BLINDIA |
Blindia acuta |
Only one record from damp rocks at Sandyway 2000. GP. |
| REDSHANK |
Ceratodon purpureus |
|
| DWARF STREAK-MOSS |
Rhabdoweisia fugax |
Only recorded from E. Lyn and Barle Valleys. Rock crevices
and woods. |
| BRUNTON'S DOG-TOOTH |
Cynodontium bruntonii |
In crevices of sheltered non-basic rocks. Current records
only from Barle Valley. |
| YELLOWISH FORK-MOSS |
Dichodontium flavescens |
On wet soil and rocks by streams. Fruit occasional. |
| TRANSPARENT FORK-MOSS |
Dichodontium pellucidum |
On damp soil and rocks by moorland streams. Fruit occasional. |
| MARSH FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella palustris |
Boggy moorland areas, springs and streams. Fruit rare. |
| SCHREBER'S FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella schreberana |
On basic clay soil, fields or ditch banks. Fruits. |
| RUFOUS FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella rufescens |
By streams and wet flushes. Fruit occasional. |
| VARIABLE FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella varia |
On damp heavy basic soil, roadside banks and ditches. Fruit
common. |
| FIELD FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella staphylina |
By paths and roadsides on disturbed soil. |
| SILKY FORKLET-MOSS |
Dicranella heteromalla |
On acid moorland soil and woodland banks. Fruits common. |
| COMMON PINCUSHION |
Dicranoweisia cirrata |
On rotting wood or open soil on hedgebanks. Fruits common. |
| CRISPED FORK-MOSS |
Dicranum bonjeanii |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| BROOM FORK-MOSS |
Dicranum scoparium |
In a wide range of habitats, woods, moorland, river valleys,
coastal cliffs, etc. Fruits frequent. |
| GREATER FORK-MOSS |
Dicranum majus |
On woodland banks and fallen trees. Fruits occasional. Not
on the high moors. |
| DUSKY FORK-MOSS |
Dicranum fuscescens |
Only record Culbone Woods 1992. Fruits occasional? |
| SCOTT'S FORK-MOSS |
Dicranum scottianum |
One record East Lyn 1995 and one from Barle Valley (SERC) |
| BEAKED BOW-MOSS |
Dicranodontium denudatum |
In woodlands on ground or rotten wood. First Somerset recordû1986. |
| AWL-LEAVED SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus subulatus |
Only one record from Watersmeet area. |
| BRITTLE SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus fragilis |
On peaty cliff ledges, heaths and moors. Fruit occasional. |
| DWARF SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus pyriformis |
On open patches of peaty soil. Reproduces vegetatively. Fruit
occasional. |
| RUSTY SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus paradoxus |
Now C. flexuosus. Moorland, shaded boulders, wall tops, hill
farms. Fruit occasional. |
| BRISTLY SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus atrovirens |
var. atrovirens. Only record from Farley Water 1995. Wet moorland.
Fruit not found in Britain. |
| HEATH STAR MOSS |
Campylopus introflexus |
On bare peat, burnt moorland, in extensive patches. Prolific
in garden pots. |
| COMPACT SWAN-NECK MOSS |
Campylopus brevipilus |
Heaths & moors. Fruit rare. |
| LARGE WHITE-MOSS |
Leucobryum glaucum |
On soil in old oak woods, occasionally on heaths and bogs.
Stony slope at Foreland Point. Fruit rare. |
| SMALLER WHITE-MOSS |
Leucobryum juniperoideum |
On base poor soil in woodland and open heathland at a variety
of altitudes. Probably under recorded. |
| GREEN POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens viridulus |
Only one record from Snowdrop Valley, Timberscombe 1995. Shady
banks on base rich soil. |
| NARROW-LEAVED POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens pusillus var. tenuifolius |
On shady banks or basic rocks. |
| SHORT-LEAVED POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens incurvus |
Only one record near Carhampton. Soil beneath conifers. |
| LESSER POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens bryoides |
On bare soil of roadside banks, woodland banks and around
farm buildings. Fruit common. |
| CURNOW'S POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens curnovii |
By streams on soil and rocks on high ground |
| RIVER POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens rivularis |
On wet shaded rocks, sometimes submerged. Fruit occasional. |
| FATFOOT POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens crassipes |
Only one record on rock in river. |
| WELSH POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens celticus |
On shady banks by streams and in woods. Horner Woods and Barle
Valley. |
| PURPLE-STALKED POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens osmundoides |
Only record 1974 from a dripping rock cleft near Simonsbath
SANHS. |
| FERN MOSS |
Fissidens taxifolius |
On woodland soil, roadside banks and ditches. Fruit frequent. |
| ROCK POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens cristatus |
On shaded rocks and soil by streams. Fruit occasional. |
| MAIDENHAIR POCKET-MOSS |
Fissidens adianthoides |
Wet rock ledges and stream banks. Dense tufts on incline on
the Brendon Hills. |
| SPIRAL EXTINGUISHER-MOSS |
Encalypta streptocarpa |
On mortar on old walls, limestone rock or basic soil. On old
Mineral Line incline. |
| GREAT HAIRY SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula ruralis |
Now Syntrichia r. On wall tops, old roofs and in limestone
areas. Fruit occasional. |
| a moss |
Tortula ruralis ssp. ruraliformis |
Now Syntrichia r. SAND-HILL SCREW-MOSS. On the coast at Dunster
Beach, Minehead Golf Links and Combe Martin. Fruit uncommon. |
| INTERMEDIATE SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula intermedia |
On walls and rocks. Fruit occasional. |
| WALL SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula muralis var. muralis |
On stone walls and concrete. A good amount on Wimbleball dam.
Often with Barbula rigidula. |
| SUMMER SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula muralis var. aestiva |
Only one record from a wall on a derelict building on Brendon
Hill (SANHS) 1971. |
| AWL-LEAVED SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula subulata |
Only one record from a hedgebank at Winsford 1998. |
| WATER SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula latifolia |
Now Syntrichia latifolia. Only one record from Exton areaûc1980
(SERC) |
| WEDGE-LEAVED SCREW-MOSS |
Tortula cuneifolia |
Mentioned by Watson in his List 1912 as recorded by E.M. Holmes
from banks near the sea but this was unconfirmed and should
be deleted (Was included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996) |
| TALL ALOE-MOSS |
Aloina aloides var. ambigua |
Recorded from 'Exmoor' by Miss E. Armitage in 1912 but no
current records. On soil over calcareous matter eg mortar. |
| a moss |
Pottia intermedia |
Included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| COMMON POTTIA |
Pottia truncata |
In fields and waste ground on acid soil. Sometimes with Amblystegium
serpens. Fruit common all year. |
| a moss |
Pottia heimii |
Now Hennediella heimii. Only one record from Heddons Mouth
2000. Earth covered rocks near the sea. |
| a moss |
Phascum cuspidatum |
Included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| LESSER BIRD'S-CLAW BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula convoluta |
On wall tops and on bare soil on waste ground. Sometimes with
Didymodon vinealis. Fruit occasional. Inc. var commutata. |
| BIRD'S-CLAW BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula unguiculata |
On walls, soil, garden paths. Fruits frequent. |
| HORNCHURCH'S BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula hornschuchiana |
Only one record from Rockford 1995. Fruit rare. |
| REVOLUTE BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula revoluta |
Now Pseudocrossidium r. Only one current record from WoodyûBay.
On mortar or rocks. Fruit occasional. Recorded by Watson at
Horner (no date) |
| FALSE BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula fallax |
Now Didymodon fallax. On moist basic soil in fields, waste
ground and on walls and old buildings. Fruit occasional. |
| BROWN BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula spadicea |
Now Didymodon spadiceus. Only one record from rocks by E.
Lyn. Fruit occasional (?) |
| RIGID BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula rigidula |
Now Didymodon r. On walls, sheltered mortar on old buildings,
on rocks and concrete. Fruit occasional. |
| NICHOLSON'S BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula nicholsonii |
Now Didymodon n. On rocks liable to flooding. Has been found
between paving stones and tarmac. Fruit unknown. |
| DUSKY BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula trifaria |
Now Didymodon luridus. On rocks, walls and old buildings,
tarmac and concrete also on sand at Dunster Beach. Fruit occasional. |
| OLIVE BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula tophacea |
Now Didymodon t. In wet calcareous areas e.g. base of cliffs.
Fruits. |
| SOFT-TUFTED BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula vinealis |
Now Didymodon v. On stone, old buildings, walls. Fruit occasional. |
| CYLINDRIC BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula cylindrica |
Now Didymodon insulanus. On soil, walls, waste ground, fields
and tree boles in moist places, mainly in western Exmoor. Capsules
rare. |
| RED BEARD-MOSS |
Barbula recurvirostra |
On soil capped rocks, walls and old buildings also tree bases.
Fruit common. Now Bryoerythrophyllum r. |
| HOOK-BEAK TUFA-MOSS |
Gymnostomum recurvirostrum |
Only one record from basic rocks E. Lyn Valley 1996. |
| WHORLED TUFA-MOSS |
Eucladium verticillatum |
Damp mortar of walls and old buildings. Fruit rare. |
| GREEN-TUFTED STUBBLE-MOSS |
Weissia controversa |
On soil on roadside banks and on walls. Fruit common. |
| SMALL-MOUTHED BEARDLESS-MOSS |
Weissia microstoma var. brachycarpa |
Recorded by Watson from damp arable field near Hurlstone Point.
1936. |
| WAVY BEARD-MOSS |
Oxystegus sinuosus |
Now Didymodon s. On shaded damp rocks. |
| NARROW-FRUITED CRISP-MOSS |
Oxystegus tenuirostris |
Now Trichostomum tenuirostre. On wet rocks by streams and
soil in rock crevices. Fruit rare. |
| IRISH CRISP-MOSS |
Oxystegus hibernicus |
On damp rocks East Lyn valley. Fruit rare. |
| CURLY CRISP-MOSS |
Trichostomum crispulum |
On mortar on old walls, coastal areas, also on soil. Fruit
rare. |
| VARIABLE CRISP-MOSS |
Trichostomum brachydontium |
On wall tops and crevices between rocks. Frequent on coast.
Fruits rare. |
| FRIZZLED CRISP-MOSS |
Tortella tortuosa |
On slate spoil heap 1993 and Wingate Combe 1995. |
| YELLOW CRISP-MOSS |
Tortella flavovirens |
Coastal. Fruits rare. |
| NEAT CRISP-MOSS |
Tortella nitida |
On rocks and walls. Current records from Devon Exmoor only
but recorded from Minehead in 1929. |
| BENT-LEAVED BEARD-MOSS |
Leptodontium flexifolium |
On burnt heathland and woodland rides on peat. Fruit occasional. |
| Thatch Moss |
Leptodontium gemmascens |
Found by N.T. on old thatched cottages on Holnicote Estate,
1999. These were the first finds in S.W. Britain since 1950
other than one record in 1994 from Hardy's cottage in Dorset. |
| SMALLER LATTICE-MOSS |
Cinclidotus fontinaloides |
On rocks and tree bases in and by streams and rivers. Recorded
from Porlock Parish 1846. |
| POINTED LATTICE-MOSS |
Cinclidotus mucronatus |
Now Dialytrichia m. Shady damp woodland. Fruit occasional.
First Somerset record 1998 IGP W. Porlock. |
| SEASIDE GRIMMIA |
Schistidium maritimum |
Rocky crevices on the coast. Recorded Porlock Parish 1846. |
| RIVER GRIMMIA |
Schistidium alpicola var. rivulare |
On rocks at and below flood level on the larger streams and
rivers. |
| SESSILE GRIMMIA |
Schistidium apocarpum sens. lat. |
On walls, bridges, rocks and concrete. Fruit common. True
apocarpum has so far only been confirmed in one instance and
is likely to prove local. Past records may be S.crassipilum. |
| THICKPOINT GRIMMIA |
Schistidium apocarpum sens. strict. |
Now S. crassipilum. On rocks, walls and bridges. Probably
under recorded due to past confusion with S. apocarpum. It is
likely to prove to be the commoner species. |
| HOARY GRIMMIA |
Grimmia laevigata |
Only one record from E. Lyn Valley on exposed acidic rock.
EN |
| DONN'S GRIMMIA |
Grimmia donniana |
Only one record from hard acidic rock on Five Barrows Hillû1996.
IGP. |
| a moss |
Grimmia affinis |
Now G. longirostris. Rediscovered 1994 nr Watersmeet after
an absence of over 50 years MP. On rock. |
| GREY-CUSHIONED GRIMMIA |
Grimmia pulvinata |
On wall tops, bridges and mortar. Fruit common. |
| HAIR-POINTED GRIMMIA |
Grimmia trichophylla |
On rocks and walls, Fruit rare. Incl. var trichophylla and
var subsquarrosa. |
| YELLOW FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium aciculare |
In or near water growing on acidic rocks, often submerged.
Fruit frequent. |
| NARROW-LEAVED FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium aquaticum |
On wet rocks on high ground. Fruit occasional. |
| GREEN MOUNTAIN FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium fasciculare |
On acidic rocks in upland areas. Fruit frequent. |
| SLENDER FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium sudeticum |
Dunkery Hill 1895 and Haddeo Bridge 1918. (Unlikely.) |
| BRISTLY FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium heterostichum |
On boulders, often with R. fasciculare. Fruit occasional. |
| WOOLLY FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium lanuginosum |
On rocks and peat. Fruit occasional. |
| HOARY FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium canescens sens. strict. |
Horner and Dunkery c1912 Watson. |
| DENSE FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium ericoides |
Silty, sandy, gravelly soil on tracks and roadsides. Cutcombe
1912 and Brendon Hill 1916. |
| LONG FRINGE-MOSS |
Racomitrium elongatum |
Only one record from Winsford Hill 1997 NVA. |
| LONG-SHANKED PINCUSHION |
Ptychomitrium polyphyllum |
On acidic rock and wall tops. Fruit common. |
| COMMON CORD-MOSS |
Funaria hygrometrica |
On recently burnt ground, bare soil, moorland, in flower pots
and disturbed garden soil. Fruit common throughout year. |
| THIN CORD-MOSS |
Funaria attenuata |
Only record is dated 1850 from Lynmouth Parish. |
| BLUNT CORD-MOSS |
Funaria obtusa |
Now Entosthodon obt. Only record from a farm near Challacombe
on damp peaty soil in a ditch. 1999. IGP |
| COMMON BLADDER-MOSS |
Physcomitrium pyriforme |
Only record from a damp meadow near a stream at Dunster Marsh
1999 CJG. Pear-shaped fruits. |
| SPREADING EARTH-MOSS |
Physcomitrella patens |
Our first Exmoor record: shoreline Wimbleball Lake 2001. |
| LUMINOUS MOSS |
Schistostega pennata |
In rabbit burrows, caves and old mining adits. Fruit occasional. |
| CAPE THREAD-MOSS |
Orthodontium lineare |
On peaty banks or rotting tree stumps and acidic rocks. Fruit
common. |
| GOLDEN THREAD-MOSS |
Leptobryum pyriforme |
Only one record from a peaty bank at Woodcock Gardens 1995
KM. |
| a moss |
Pohlia elongata |
See ssp elongata var elongata. |
| LONG-FRUITED THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia elongata ssp. elongata var. elongata |
Only record on soil, East Lyn Valley 1996. Record is under
P.elongata |
| NODDING THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia nutans |
On heaths, woods and banks. An unusual form found on a bank
at Upton Cleeve 1999. IGP |
| DRUMMOND'S THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia drummondii |
Only record from a wet, muddy track at Shoulsbarrow 1996 IGP. |
| BENT-BUD THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia annotina |
On damp stony surfaces by streams and woodland paths. |
| CROOKNECK NODDING-MOSS |
Pohlia camptotrachela |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source lost. |
| YELLOW THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia lutescens |
On damp soil on walls, paths, ditches, by streams and banks.
Often with Dicranella heteromalla. |
| PINK-FRUITED THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia carnea |
On damp clayey soil on banks and in ditches. Fruit occasional. |
| PALE GLAUCOUS THREAD-MOSS |
Pohlia wahlenbergii |
On waste ground by streams and ditches. Fruit rare. |
| TOZER'S THREAD-MOSS |
Epipterygium tozeri |
Only record was from Lynmouth Parish 1850. |
| PALE THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum pallens |
On damp turf, roadsides, old quarries and by streams. Fruit
rare. |
| DON'S THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum donianum |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| CAPILLARY THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum capillare |
In a wide variety of habitats, walls, tree trunks, soil, etc.
Fruit frequent. |
| FLABBY THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum flaccidum |
Now B. subelegans. On tree trunks and rotten logs. Fruit not
known in Britain. |
| TWISTING THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum torquescens |
Recorded by Watson at Leighland 1919. |
| TALL-CLUSTERED THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum pallescens |
Only record from Barle Valley EN survey 1990. |
| BIMOUS MARSH BRYUM |
Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum |
Only record from marshy ground at Maddacombe 1969. Possibly
under recorded. |
| MARSH BRYUM |
Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. pseudotriquetrum |
In boggy places on moorland and marshes. Fruit occasional. |
| TUFTED THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum caespiticium |
Only record from near Selworthy Watson 1912. |
| ALPINE THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum alpinum |
On wet rocks and quarries. Fruit rare. |
| WELSH THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum gemmiparum |
Rock crevices, East Lyn Valley. |
| BICOLOURED BRYUM |
Bryum bicolor sens. lat. |
By roads, quarries, on banks etc. Often with B. argenteum
on tarmac. Fruit occasional. |
| DUNE THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum dunense |
Only recorded from sandy soil near sea at Dunster Beach 1995.
Fruit occasional. |
| SILVER-MOSS |
Bryum argenteum |
On tarmac and between paving stones, etc. Listed as common
by Watson 1912 on cinder paths and walls. |
| WALL THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum radiculosum |
Only record is from Lynmouth 1995. Mortar or limestone rocks. |
| PEA BRYUM |
Bryum ruderale |
On earth banks, roadsides, gardens and gateways. Fruit unknown
in Britain. |
| PILL BRYUM |
Bryum violaceum |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source not known.
Arable fields. |
| SAUTER'S THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum sauteri |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source not known. |
| LESSER POTATO BRYUM |
Bryum microerythrocarpum |
On peaty or disturbed soil. Fruit occasional. |
| POTATO BRYUM |
Bryum bornholmense |
Dryer heathland. Fruit occasional. |
| CRIMSON-TUBER THREAD-MOSS |
Bryum rubens |
On disturbed soil. Fruit frequent. |
| ROSE-MOSS |
Rhodobryum roseum |
Roadside bank Brendon 1995. Also recorded by Watson 1913ûB.Regis.
Fruit rare. |
| SWAN'S-NECK THYME-MOSS |
Mnium hornum |
Woods, hedgebanks, rotten wood etc. Fruit common. |
| STARRY THYME-MOSS |
Mnium stellare |
Basic habitats. Fruit rare. |
| DOTTED THYME-MOSS |
Rhizomnium punctatum |
On Soil by streams, marshy areas, wet woodland, wet rocks
bogs. Fruit frequent. |
| WOODSY THYME-MOSS |
Plagiomnium cuspidatum |
Recorded by Watson c1912 from Minehead. |
| MANY-FRUITED THYME-MOSS |
Plagiomnium affine |
On damp soil in woods. Fruit rare (despite name). |
| HART'S-TONGUE THYME-MOSS |
Plagiomnium undulatum |
In damp woodland and on banks. Fruit rare. |
| LONG-BEAKED THYME-MOSS |
Plagiomnium rostratum |
On stream banks, rocks and in woodlands. Fruit frequent. |
| BOG GROOVE-MOSS |
Aulacomnium palustre |
In bogs and wet heathland often with Sphagnum. Fruit occasional. |
| BUD-HEADED GROOVE-MOSS |
Aulacomnium androgynum |
On banks on humus rich soil, peat and decaying wood. Capsule
rare. |
| COMMON APPLE-MOSS |
Bartramia pomiformis |
Hedgebanks, woodland banks and on soil between rocks. Fruit
frequent. |
| TUFTED APPLE-MOSS |
Philonotis caespitosa |
Recorded by Watson at Selworthy 1912 and Simonsbath 1916. |
| FOUNTAIN APPLE-MOSS |
Philonotis fontana |
In wet areas near springs and streams. Fruit occasional. |
| WOOLY APPLE-MOSS |
Philonotis tomentella |
Included in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but sources lost. |
| THICK-NERVED APPLE-MOSS |
Philonotis calcarea |
An undated record in Taunton Castle Herbarium from 'Exmoor' |
| GOLDEN-HEAD MOSS |
Breutelia chrysocoma |
On damp heaths and boggy areas. |
| LAPLAND YOKE-MOSS |
Amphidium lapponicum |
Only recorded by Watson 1918 at Exton. |
| MOUGEOT'S YOKE-MOSS |
Amphidium mougeotii |
Recorded by Watson 1911 Brendon Hills; Barle Valley and Cutcombe
c1980 SERC. |
| STIRTON'S YOKE-MOSS |
Zygodon viridissimus var. stirtonii |
On walls and rocks. |
| GREEN YOKE-MOSS |
Zygodon viridissimus var. viridissimus |
On trees, rocks and walls. Fruit rare. |
| PARK YOKE-MOSS |
Zygodon baumgartneri |
On tree bark. Mostly near water. |
| LESSER YOKE-MOSS |
Zygodon conoideus |
On tree bark. |
| SHAW'S BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum striatum |
On tree bark. Porlock Parish 1846. |
| LYELL'S BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum lyellii |
On woodland trees and wooden fences. Fruit common. |
| WOOD BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum affine |
On tree bark and occasionally on concrete posts. Fruit common. |
| RIVER BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum rivulare |
Only one record from Barle Valley Survey 1990 EN. |
| ANOMALOUS BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum anomalum |
On masonry or basic rocks. Fruit common. |
| HOODED BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum cupulatum |
Only one current record at Glenthorne 1994. Recorded by Watson
at Selworthy 1936. |
| SLENDER BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum tenellum |
On tree bark. |
| WHITE-TIPPED BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum diaphanum |
On trees and fences, also rocks and stones. Fruit common. |
| ELEGANT BRISTLE-MOSS |
Orthotrichum pulchellum |
On tree bark, also rocks and walls. Fruit common. |
| CRISPED PINCUSHION |
Ulota crispa var. crispa |
On trees in open woodland, often with U. bruchii. Fruit common. |
| BRUCH'S PINCUSHION |
Ulota crispa var. norvegica |
On tree branches and shrubs in woodland. Fruits common. |
| FRIZZLED PINCUSHION |
Ulota phyllantha |
On trees especially ash and elder, also on rocks particularly
near the coast. |
| FRINGED HOAR-MOSS |
Hedwigia ciliata |
On siliceous rocks and walls. Frequent in Valley of Rocks. |
| GREATER WATER-MOSS |
Fontinalis antipyretica var. antipyretica |
Attached to rocks submerged in streams which are mainly slow
flowing and shallow. Fruit rare. |
| LESSER WATER-MOSS |
Fontinalis antipyretica var. gracilis |
Only recorded from Exe Plain 1978 SANHS. |
| ALPINE WATER-MOSS |
Fontinalis squamosa |
On stones and rocks in streams and rivers which are fast flowing.
Recorded from R.Barle in 1881. Fruit rare. |
| TREE-MOSS |
Climacium dendroides |
On damp grassland. By rivers and edge of reservoirs. Fruit
rare. |
| LATERAL CRYPHAEA |
Cryphaea heteromalla |
On old tree bark, particularly elders. Often with Zygodon
conoideus. Fruit common. |
| SQUIRREL-TAIL MOSS |
Leucodon sciuroides |
Found in Badgworthy Valley 1932. Probably present on trees
and overlooked. |
| BIRD'S-FOOT WING-MOSS |
Pterogonium gracile |
Acid rocks on N.Devon coast. Fruit rare. |
| PRINCE-OF-WALES FEATHER-MOSS |
Leptodon smithii |
Only one current record from Selworthy 1995. Recorded by Watson
1912 at Watersmeet. Fruit occasional. Also found inû2001 Bratton. |
| CRISPED NECKERA |
Neckera crispa |
Uncommon and local on basic rocks. Fruit rare. |
| DWARF NECKERA |
Neckera pumila |
On tree bark, mainly beech and ash. Fruit occasional. |
| FLAT NECKERA |
Neckera complanata |
On tree trunks, also walls, bridges, shady hedgerows and woodlands,
etc. Fruit occasional. |
| BLUNT FEATHER-MOSS |
Homalia trichomanoides |
On tree trunks, also on damp rocks in woodland and hedgerows
and on stones below flood level of streams. Fruit occasional. |
| FOX-TAIL FEATHER-MOSS |
Thamnobryum alopecurum |
On rocks in and by rivers and waterfalls. Also on tree roots
in woodland. Fruit occasional. |
| SHINING HOOKERIA |
Hookeria lucens |
On river banks, ditches and damp shady banks. Fruit occasional. |
| WRY-LEAVED TAMARISK-MOSS |
Heterocladium heteropterum var. heteropterum |
On rocks by streams and rivers. Fruit rare. |
| SLENDER TAMARISK-MOSS |
Heterocladium heteropterum var. flaccidum |
On rocks in shady areas, by streams, in woods. Fruit unknown. |
| RAMBLING TAIL-MOSS |
Anomodon viticulosus |
In the few limestone areas of Exmoor e.g. Timberscombe, Selworthy,
Monksilver and on shady walls and bridges. Fruit rare. |
| COMMON TAMARISK-MOSS |
Thuidium tamariscinum |
Woodland and hedge banks and rotting logs. Fruit occasional. |
| DELICATE TAMARISK-MOSS |
Thuidium delicatulum |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source lost. |
| FERN-LEAVED HOOK-MOSS |
Cratoneuron filicinum |
Surprisingly frequent as it normally favours basic wet areas.
Fruit rare. |
| CURLED HOOK-MOSS |
Cratoneuron commutatum |
Only record from Glenthorne Beach 1993 by waterfall on sandstone
rock. Fruit rare. |
| CLAW-LEAVED HOOK-MOSS |
Cratoneuron commutatum var. falcatum |
Recorded by Watson 1936 Aldermans Barrow. |
| YELLOW STARRY FEATHER-MOSS |
Campylium stellatum |
Record may refer to var protensum? |
| DULL STARRY FEATHER-MOSS |
Campylium stellatum var. protensum(Brid.) Bryhn |
Recorded from Alcombe and Exmoor 1912. |
| CHALK FEATHER-MOSS |
Campylium calcareum |
Only recorded from an old limekiln nr Timberscombe 1970 |
| CREEPING FEATHER-MOSS |
Amblystegium serpens |
On soil, rocks and tree boles, in shady damp woods or hedgebanks.
Also at the base of walls. Often with Barbula spp. when on masonry. |
| BROOK-SIDE FEATHER-MOSS |
Amblystegium fluviatile |
On rocks and tree roots which are often submerged. Fruit rare. |
| FOUNTAIN FEATHER-MOSS |
Amblystegium tenax |
On rocks and tree bases by streams, often submerged. Fruit
rare. |
| KNEIFF'S FEATHER-MOSS |
Amblystegium riparium |
On fallen logs in damp woodlands, by streams. In a clear farm
pond on Brendons. |
| FLOATING HOOK-MOSS |
Drepanocladus fluitans(Hedw.) Warnst. |
Now Warnstorfia f. In wet acid moorland bogs with Sphagnum. |
| RINGLESS HOOK-MOSS |
Drepanocladus exannulatus |
Now Warnstorfia e. In upland bogs and streams. Fruit rare. |
| RUSTY HOOK-MOSS |
Drepanocladus revolvens |
In marshes, wet flushes and peat bogs. Fruits rare. |
| VARNISHED HOOK-MOSS |
Drepanocladus vernicosus |
Now Hamatocaulis v. Record from acid soil by Hoaroak Water
1995. Fruit rare. |
| SICKLE-LEAVED HOOK-MOSS |
Drepanocladus uncinatus |
On wet ground by moorland streams. Fruits. |
| CLAW BROOK-MOSS |
Hygrohypnum ochraceum |
On rocks in moorland streams. Fruit rare. |
| DRAB BROOK-MOSS |
Hygrohypnum luridum |
Only record from rocks in East Lyn River 1995 |
| STRAW SPEAR-MOSS |
Calliergon stramineum |
In moorland bogs and flushes amongst Sphagnum. Fruit rare. |
| HEART-LEAVED SPEAR-MOSS |
Calliergon cordifolium |
In marshes, boggy areas and by streams. Fruit rare |
| POINTED SPEAR-MOSS |
Calliergon cuspidatum |
In a wide range of damp habitats, by woodland paths, streams,
boggy areas and shaded garden lawns. Fruit occasional. |
| LARGER MOUSE-TAIL MOSS |
Isothecium myurum |
On logs, tree boles, rocks in woods and by rivers. Fruit occasional. |
| SLENDER MOUSE-TAIL MOSS |
Isothecium myosuroides |
Extensive patches on tree bark, walls and shaded rocks. Fruit
frequent. |
| HOLT'S MOUSE-TAIL MOSS |
Isothecium holtii |
On shaded rocks by R. Barle. Fruit rare. |
| LESSER STRIATED FEATHER-MOSS |
Isothecium striatulum |
Only one record from Barle Valley Woodlands survey 1990 EN.
On shaded rocks. |
| SILKY WALL FEATHER-MOSS |
Homalothecium sericeum |
On walls, bridges, tree trunks. Fruit occasional. |
| YELLOW FEATHER-MOSS |
Homalothecium lutescens |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source lost. |
| WHITISH FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium albicans |
On sandy coastal soil, sandy heaths, old quarries, turf. Fruit
rare. |
| ROUGH-STALKED FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium rutabulum |
On soil, rocks, garden lawns, tree boles and decaying wood.
Not on the highest moorland. Fruit common. |
| RIVER FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium rivulare |
By waterfalls and streams on wet rocks. On the ground in wet
woodland and marshy places. Fruit occasional. |
| VELVET FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium velutinum |
On tree stumps, rocks, garden paths and hedgebanks. Often
on hazel. Fruit frequent. |
| MATTED FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium populeum |
On shaded rocks, tree boles, wall tops. Fruit frequent. |
| RUSTY FEATHER-MOSS |
Brachythecium plumosum |
On rocks and tree roots, submerged by fast flowing streams
and wet moorland. Fruit frequent. |
| NEAT FEATHER-MOSS |
Pseudoscleropodium purum |
Now Scleropodium p. In acid grassland, often with Pleurozium
schreberi. Also on roadside banks. Fruit rare. |
| TUFTED FEATHER-MOSS |
Scleropodium cespitans |
One current record 2000 and a 1965 record from Watersmeet.
Tree bases and stones by water in woods. Fruit rare. |
| HAIR-POINTED FEATHER-MOSS |
Cirriphyllum piliferum |
On soil and amongst wet turf in woodlands and grassy places.
Fruit rare. |
| BEECH FEATHER-MOSS |
Cirriphyllum crassinervium |
Now Eurhynchium cras. On shaded rocks and tree boles. Mainly
in combes leading to the sea. Fruit occasional. |
| LONG-BEAKED WATER FEATHER-MOSS |
Rhynchostegium riparioides |
On rocks or tree roots in or submerged by water. Fruit frequent. |
| PORTUGUESE FEATHER-MOSS |
Rhynchostegium lusitanicum |
Now R. alopecuroides. On submerged rocks in fast flowing streams
and rivers. |
| WALL FEATHER-MOSS |
Rhynchostegium murale |
On found in Brendon Common area. On rocks, stony ground or
walls. |
| CLUSTERED FEATHER-MOSS |
Rhynchostegium confertum |
On walls, rocks, stones, woodland combes, etc. and onûhedgerow
elders. etc. Fruit common. |
| COMMON STRIATED FEATHER-MOSS |
Eurhynchium striatum |
In woodland, hedgebanks, on rocks, by streams and in damp
grassland. Fruit occasional. |
| DWARF FEATHER-MOSS |
Eurhynchium pumilum |
On soil in shady woods and on hedgebanks. Fruit rare. Mainly
near the coast. |
| COMMON FEATHER-MOSS |
Eurhynchium praelongum |
Tree bases, logs, shady woodland banks and ditches. Often
with Isothecium myosuroides. Fruits frequent. Much used by blue
tits for nesting material. |
| SWARTZ'S FEATHER-MOSS |
Eurhynchium swartzii |
Now E. hians. Hedgerows, river banks, woodland, roadsides.
In open damp places. Also Dunster Beach. Fruit rare. |
| SHOWY FEATHER-MOSS |
Eurhynchium speciosum |
In wet grassy places, tree bases by water, wet muddy rocks. |
| TENDER FEATHER-MOSS |
Rhynchostegiella tenella |
On basic rocks and walls. Fruit common. |
| a moss |
Rhynchostegiella teesdalei |
Recorded in Flora & Fauna of ENP 1996 but source unknown. |
| DENTED SILK-MOSS |
Plagiothecium denticulatum var. denticulatum |
On banks in woods, on rotten logs and rocks in shade. Fruit
common. |
| CURVED SILK-MOSS |
Plagiothecium curvifolium |
Only record 1971 Hartford Bottom on a rotten stump. |
| JUICY SILK-MOSS |
Plagiothecium succulentum |
On shady woodland banks, hedgerows, by streams and tree bases.
Fruit occasional. |
| WOODSY SILK-MOSS |
Plagiothecium nemorale |
Hedgebanks, woods and stream banks. Fruit occasional. Not
on higher moorland. |
| WAVED SILK-MOSS |
Plagiothecium undulatum |
On shaded hedgebanks, amongst moorland heather and on rock
and soil in woodlands. Fruit uncommon on Exmoor. |
| ELEGANT SILK-MOSS |
Isopterygium elegans |
On woodland banks, tree boles and rocks. Often with Dicranella
heteromalla. Fruit rare. |
| DEPRESSED FEATHER-MOSS |
Taxiphyllum wissgrillii |
Only record from E. Lyn 1996. Tree-roots, stones or shaded
rocks. |
| CYPRESS-LEAVED PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme |
Extensive patches on logs, trees, rocks, walls and soil. Fruit
frequent. |
| GREAT PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum |
On wall tops, roofs and rocks. Fruit rare. All records from
west Exmoor. |
| SUPINE PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum |
On rocks walls, trees and logs; not on central moorland. Fruit
frequent. |
| COMBED PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum mammillatum |
On bark, fallen wood, rocks and wall tops. Fruit occasional. |
| HEATH PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum jutlandicum |
On moors and heaths, often amongst heather. Fruit rare. |
| LINDBERG'S PLAIT-MOSS |
Hypnum lindbergii |
Only one record from East Lyn area 1995 MP. Fruit not known
in Britain. |
| CHALK COMB-MOSS |
Ctenidium molluscum |
On basic grassland and banks. Fruit rare. |
| FLAGELLATE FEATHER-MOSS |
Hyocomium armoricum |
On wet rocky banks of streams and fast flowing rivers. |
| BIG SHAGGY-MOSS |
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus |
On grassy banks, woodland clearings. Fruit rare. |
| SPRINGY TURF-MOSS |
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus |
In farm pastures, lawns, roadside banks. Fruit rare. |
| LITTLE SHAGGY-MOSS |
Rhytidiadelphus loreus |
On woodland banks, soil or boulders also on marshy ground. |
| RED-STEMMED FEATHER-MOSS |
Pleurozium schreberi |
On heaths and moors on drier slopes, calcifuge. Often with
Scleropodium purum. Fruit occasional. |
| SHORT-BEAKED WOOD-MOSS |
Hylocomium brevirostre |
On shaded walls, rocks or soil. Current records from Horner
Woods and Watersmeet. Also Barle Valley. |
| GLITTERING WOOD-MOSS |
Hylocomium splendens |
On moorland, heaths and woodland banks. |
