Mosses and liverworts (Bryophytes)

This allows a search of the bryophyte list and to produce lists of bryophytes according to a habitat. This gives a more complete list than the NVC association alone. The British Bryological Society (BBS) habitats do not correspond exactly with those used in the plant communities and their habitats.

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EnglishName	LatinName	Family	PlantType	BBS Page Number	Habitat
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{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
rounded pygmy moss	Acaulon muticum	pottiales	moss	492	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
common aloe moss	Aloina aloides	pottiales	moss	472	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(7)
No records
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Conifer plantation floor	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	General epiphytes	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Saltmarsh	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Sand dunes	View
creeping feather moss	Amblystegium serpens	hypnales	moss	702	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
willow feather moss	Amblystegium varium	hypnales	moss	703	Conifer plantation floor	View
willow feather moss	Amblystegium varium	hypnales	moss	703	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
Mougeot's yoke moss	Amphidium mougeotii	orthotrichales	moss	641	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
Orkney notchwort	Anastrepta orcadensis	jungermanniales	liverwort	115	Hyperoceanic woodland floor and rocks in addition to nw woodland	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
comb notchwort	Anastrophyllum minutum	jungermanniales	liverwort	132	Heathland	View
comb notchwort	Anastrophyllum minutum	jungermanniales	liverwort	132	Scree beds silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(5)
No records
greasewort	Aneura pinguis	metzgeriales	liverwort	241	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
greasewort	Aneura pinguis	metzgeriales	liverwort	241	Base rich fens and flushes	View
greasewort	Aneura pinguis	metzgeriales	liverwort	241	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
greasewort	Aneura pinguis	metzgeriales	liverwort	241	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
greasewort	Aneura pinguis	metzgeriales	liverwort	241	Dune slacks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
summer moss	Anoectangium aestivum	pottiales	moss	452	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
slender silver moss	Anomobryum julaceum	bryales	moss	579	Base rich fens and flushes	View
slender silver moss	Anomobryum julaceum	bryales	moss	579	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
rambling tail moss	Anomodon viticulosus	hypnales	moss	694	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
rambling tail moss	Anomodon viticulosus	hypnales	moss	694	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
field hornwort	Anthoceros agrestis	antheroceros	moss	272	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
dotted hornwort	Anthoceros punctatus	antheroceros	moss	272	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
dotted hornwort	Anthoceros punctatus	antheroceros	moss	272	Marshy grassland	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
long leaved pouncewort	Aphanolejeunea microscopica	jungermanniales	liverwort	227	Hyperoceanic woodland floor and rocks in addition to nw woodland	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
spreading earth moss	Aphanorrhegma patens	funariales	moss	567	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
spreading earth moss	Aphanorrhegma patens	funariales	moss	567	River banks especially lowland	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(4)
No records
clay earth moss	Archidium alternifolium	archidiales	moss	339	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
clay earth moss	Archidium alternifolium	archidiales	moss	339	Heathland	View
clay earth moss	Archidium alternifolium	archidiales	moss	339	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
clay earth moss	Archidium alternifolium	archidiales	moss	339	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
fountain smoothcap	Atrichum crispum	polytrichales	moss	328	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(6)
No records
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	Disturbed upland soil	View
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	Neutral grassland	View
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	River banks especially lowland	View
common smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	polytrichales	moss	330	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
drumsticks	Aulacomnium androgynum	bryales	moss	627	General epiphytes	View
drumsticks	Aulacomnium androgynum	bryales	moss	627	On rotting logs and stumps	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(5)
No records
bog bead moss	Aulacomnium palustre	bryales	moss	625	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
bog bead moss	Aulacomnium palustre	bryales	moss	625	Conifer plantation floor	View
bog bead moss	Aulacomnium palustre	bryales	moss	625	Heathland	View
bog bead moss	Aulacomnium palustre	bryales	moss	625	Marshy grassland	View
bog bead moss	Aulacomnium palustre	bryales	moss	625	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
Atlantic pawwort	Barbilophozia atlantica	jungermanniales	liverwort	112	Scree beds silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
trunk pawwort	Barbilophozia attenuata	jungermanniales	liverwort	111	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
trunk pawwort	Barbilophozia attenuata	jungermanniales	liverwort	111	Scree beds silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
common pawwort	Barbilophozia floerkei	jungermanniales	liverwort	112	Heathland	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
Hatcher's pawwort	Barbilophozia hatcheri	jungermanniales	liverwort	113	Scree beds silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
lesser bird's-claw beard-moss	Barbula convoluta	pottiales	moss	454	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
lesser bird's-claw beard-moss	Barbula convoluta	pottiales	moss	454	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
rigid beard moss	Barbula sardoa	pottiales	moss	454	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(3)
No records
bird's claw beard moss	Barbula unguiculata	pottiales	moss	455	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
bird's claw beard moss	Barbula unguiculata	pottiales	moss	455	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
bird's claw beard moss	Barbula unguiculata	pottiales	moss	455	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
stiff apple moss	Bartramia ithyphylla	bryales	moss	631	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
stiff apple moss	Bartramia pomiformis	bryales	moss	630	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
greater whipwort	Bazzania trilobata	jungermanniales	liverwort	82	Scree beds silicaceous	View
greater whipwort	Bazzania trilobata	jungermanniales	liverwort	82	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
common kettlewort	Blasia pusilla	metzgeriales	liverwort	240	Disturbed upland soil	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
hairy threadmoss	Blepharostoma trichophyllum	jungermanniales	liverwort	77	Base rich fens and flushes	View
hairy threadmoss	Blepharostoma trichophyllum	jungermanniales	liverwort	77	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
sharp-leaved blindia	Blindia acuta	seligeriales	moss	544	Base rich fens and flushes	View
sharp-leaved blindia	Blindia acuta	seligeriales	moss	544	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(4)
No records
whitish feather moss	Brachythecium albicans	hypnales	moss	741	Acidic grassland in addition to neutral species	View
whitish feather moss	Brachythecium albicans	hypnales	moss	741	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
whitish feather moss	Brachythecium albicans	hypnales	moss	741	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
whitish feather moss	Brachythecium albicans	hypnales	moss	741	Sand dunes	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
streaky feather moss	Brachythecium glareosum	hypnales	moss	742	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
streaky feather moss	Brachythecium glareosum	hypnales	moss	742	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(2)
No records
sand feather moss	Brachythecium mildeanum	hypnales	moss	752	Dune slacks	View
sand feather moss	Brachythecium mildeanum	hypnales	moss	752	Pavement and roads	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
rusty feathermoss	Brachythecium plumosum	hypnales	moss	751	Rivers and rocky streams	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(3)
No records
matted feather moss	Brachythecium populeum	hypnales	moss	744	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
matted feather moss	Brachythecium populeum	hypnales	moss	744	General epiphytes	View
matted feather moss	Brachythecium populeum	hypnales	moss	744	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(6)
No records
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Base rich fens and flushes	View
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Conifer plantation floor	View
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Marshy grassland	View
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
river feather moss	Brachythecium rivulare	hypnales	moss	748	Rivers and rocky streams	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(11)
No records
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Conifer plantation floor	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	General epiphytes	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Marshy grassland	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Neutral grassland	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	On rotting logs and stumps	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Pavement and roads	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
rough stalked feather moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	hypnales	moss	746	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
velvet feather moss	Brachythecium velutinum	hypnales	moss	745	General epiphytes	View
{TABLE3___LatinName}(1)
No records
golden head moss	Breutelia chrysocoma	bryales	moss	640	Base rich fens and flushes	View

Data is from: Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, a Field Guide. British Bryological Society. Eds. I. Atherton, S. Bosanquet and M. Lawley. 2010.

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