PDF's Link To the BBS Fact Sheets For Each Species for ID Facts
Mosses are particulatly interesting in that they do not have the usual Xylem and Phloem to transport water and nutrients so are therefore low growing plants . and have a very shallow root system of rhizoids Three distinct families are shown below
Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus) Click Text
Red Stalk
Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum) Click text
Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata) Click text
Neat Feather-moss (Scleropodium purum)
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Common Smoothcap (Atrichum undulatum)
Common Haircap Polytrichum commune
Fruiting Body Detail aperture circa 5 mm dia is four angled and has a constriction at the base
Capilary Thread moss (Bryum capillare)
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum
Hart’s-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Crisp / Bruchi's Pincushion Ulota crispa/bruchii
The Bristle Mosses LINK External Material
Bristle-moss Orthotrichum affine
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Wall Screw Moss Tortula muralis
Swans Neck Thyme Moss Mnium hornum
Crescent-cup Liverwort (Lunularia cruciata) link
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum
Hart’s-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum
Crisp / Bruchi's Pincushion Ulota crispa/bruchii
The Bristle Mosses LINK External Material
Bristle-moss Orthotrichum affine
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Wall Screw Moss Tortula muralis
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
Water Earwort Scapania undulata (Photos (C) 2016 Gordon Jackson)
Bluish Veilwort Metzgeria violacea
Key feature Gmmae at forked tios
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