Bryophytes

Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts can be found along our damp dingle and on anthills in damp pastures

Thanks to the Border Bryologists we have recorded 86 species of bryophyte. 

Our richest habitats for bryophytes are along the damp dingle that runs through our ancient woodland where tufa is abundant, and growing on the anthills in our damp pastures.

Two mosses were recorded growing for the first time in Herefordshire - Scabrous Feathermoss Rhynchostegiella litorea and Spreading-leaved Beardless-moss Weissia squarrosa, the latter of which is a Red Data Book species. British Featherwort Plagiochila britannica was recorded for the fourth time in the county.

Curled Hookmoss Palustriella commutata and Whorled Tufa-moss Eucladium verticillatum are plentiful on tufa by the dingle, and Teesdale Feathermoss Rhynchostegiella teneriffae is common nearby.

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