A survey of bryophytes at Crookedstane Rig

A SURVEY OF BRYOPHYTES AT CROOKEDSTANE RIG, NEAR ELVANFOOT, SOUTHERN SCOTLAND, APRIL 2005

Ben Averis
April 2005

APPENDIX 1 - List of all bryophyte species found by Ben Averis in a survey at Crookedstane Rig, near Elvanfoot, Southern Scotland on 4 April 2005

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Mosses

Quantity

Habitat(s)

Amblystegium tenax	rare	wet rocks by stream
Andreaea rupestris	rare	rocks and walls
Atrichum undulatum	fairly common	banks by streams and ditches
Aulacomnium palustre	fairly common	wet ground
Barbula convoluta	rare	bare ground/track
Brachythecium albicans	rare	disturbed ground
Brachythecium plumosum	uncommon	wet rocks in and by streams
Brachythecium rivulare	common	wet ground and streamside rocks
Brachythecium rutabulum	abundant	moist ground, banks, rocks and tree bases
Bryum pallens	rare	rock
Bryum pseudotriquetrum	common	moist ground and streamside banks
Calliergon stramineum	uncommon	moist ground
Calliergonella cuspidata	common	moist ground, especially among rushes
Campylopus fragilis	rare	rocks and banks
Campylopus introflexus	uncommon	exposed soil and peat
Campylopus pyriformis	rare	peaty ground
Ceratodon purpureus	rare	soily/stony ground and on tree base
Climacium dendroides	rare	moist streambanks
Dicranella heteromalla	rare	soily banks by stream
Dicranella palustris	rare	moist banks by stream
Dicranoweisia cirrata	rare	on old stone wall and on rowans
Dicranum scoparium	common	on ground, rocks and trees
Eurhynchium praelongum	abundant	moist ground
Fontinalis antipyretica	rare	in stream and ditches
Grimmia pulvinata	rare	stone walls
Hygrohypnum ochraceum	rare	wet rocks by stream
Hylocomium splendens	abundant	on ground and banks
Hypnum cupressiforme	fairly common	rocks and trees
Hypnum jutlandicum	abundant	ground, banks, rocks and tree bases
Hypnum resupinatum	uncommon	rowans
Mnium hornum	uncommon	soily and stony banks
Orthotrichum affine	fairly common	rowans and whitebeams
Orthotrichum stramineum	fairly common	rowans
Philonotis fontana	fairly common	moist or wet ground by streams and ponds
Plagiomnium elatum	rare	among rushes on moist ground
Plagiomnium ellipticum	rare	among rushes on moist ground
Plagiomnium undulatum	uncommon	moist ground and banks

Plagiothecium succulentum	rare	streamside banks
Plagiothecium undulatum	abundant	on ground
Pleurozium schreberi	abundant	on ground
Pogonatum aloides	common	soil banks
Pohlia nutans	rare	soil, on old stone walls and rowan trunk
Polytrichum commune	abundant	moist ground
Polytrichum juniperinum	fairly common	soily and stony ground
Polytrichum piliferum	fairly common	soily and stony ground
Polytrichum strictum	fairly common	boggy ground
Racomitrium aciculare	rare	rocks by streams
Racomitrium ericoides	common	disturbed ground on and by tracks
Racomitrium fasciculare	fairly common	rocks and stone walls
Racomitrium heterostichum	fairly common	rocks and stone walls
Racomitrium lanuginosum	rare	stones (fallen-down wall)
Rhizomnium punctatum	rare	moist banks by stream
Rhynchostegium riparioides	uncommon	wet rocks in and by streams
Rhytidiadelphus loreus	common	on ground
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	abundant	on ground, banks and tree bases
Scleropodium purum	common	grassy ground
Sphagnum capillifolium	abundant	moist ground
Sphagnum cuspidatum	uncommon	wet ground
Sphagnum denticulatum	rare	wet ground
Sphagnum fallax	common	wet ground
Sphagnum inundatum	rare	wet ground
Sphagnum palustre	common	wet ground
Sphagnum tenellum	uncommon	wet ground
Ulota bruchii	fairly common	trees, especially rowans
Ulota crispa	fairly common	trees, especially rowans
Ulota drummondii	rare	rowan
Ulota phyllantha	uncommon	rowans

Liverworts

Quantity

Habitat(s)

Barbilophozia floerkei	common	ground, rocks and stone walls
Calypogeia muelleriana	rare	moist ground
Cephalozia bicuspidata	uncommon	moist ground
Chiloscyphos polyanthos	uncommon	wet rocks and banks by streams
Diplophyllum albicans	common	soily ground
Frullania dilatata	rare	rowans
Jungermannia gracillima	rare	soily ground
Lophocolea bidentata	abundant	moist ground
Lophozia ventricosa	fairly common	rocks, banks and soily ground
Marchantia polymorpha	rare	at edges of pond and ditch
Marsupella emarginata	rare	moist soily/stony ground
Metzgeria fruticulosa	rare	on trunk of whitebeam
Pellia epiphylla	uncommon	moist ground and banks
Ptilidium ciliare	rare	soily/stony ground
Scapania irrigua	rare	moist ground
Scapania undulata	uncommon	wet banks and rocks by streams