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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fragile fork moss	Dicranum tauricum	dicranales	moss	385	General epiphytes	View
false beard moss	Didymodon fallax	pottiales	moss	457	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
false beard moss	Didymodon fallax	pottiales	moss	457	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
cylindric beard moss	Didymodon insulanus	pottiales	moss	463	Pavement and roads	View
cylindric beard moss	Didymodon insulanus	pottiales	moss	463	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
cylindric beard moss	Didymodon insulanus	pottiales	moss	463	River banks especially lowland	View
dusky beard moss	Didymodon luridus	pottiales	moss	461	Pavement and roads	View
Nicholson's beard moss	Didymodon nicholsonii	pottiales	moss	460	Pavement and roads	View
rigid beard moss	Didymodon rigidulus	pottiales	moss	459	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
rigid beard moss	Didymodon rigidulus	pottiales	moss	459	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
wavy beard moss	Didymodon sinuosus	pottiales	moss	464	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
wavy beard moss	Didymodon sinuosus	pottiales	moss	464	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
olive beard moss	Didymodon tophaceus	pottiales	moss	466	Base rich fens and flushes	View
olive beard moss	Didymodon tophaceus	pottiales	moss	466	Dune slacks	View
olive beard moss	Didymodon tophaceus	pottiales	moss	466	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
soft tufted beard moss	Didymodon vinealis	pottiales	moss	462	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
soft tufted beard moss	Didymodon vinealis	pottiales	moss	462	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
	Diphyscium foliosum		lichen		Disturbed upland soil	View
	Diphyscium foliosum		lichen		Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Disturbed upland soil	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Heathland	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Scree beds silicaceous	View
white earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	jungermanniales	liverwort	166	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
flag moss	Discelium nudum	funariales	moss	560	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
fine distichum	Distichium capillaceum	dicranales	moss	352	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
inclined distichium	Distichium inclinatum	dicranales	moss	353	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
slender ditrichum	Ditrichum gracile	dicranales	moss	349	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
slender ditrichum	Ditrichum gracile	dicranales	moss	349	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
slender ditrichum	Ditrichum gracile	dicranales	moss	349	Sand dunes	View
curved leaved ditrichum	Ditrichum heteromallum	dicranales	moss	346	Disturbed upland soil	View
curved leaved ditrichum	Ditrichum heteromallum	dicranales	moss	346	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
waxy earwort	Douinia ovata	jungermanniales	liverwort	165	Hyperoceanic woodland floor and rocks in addition to nw woodland	View
Knieff's hook moss	Drepanocladus aduncus	hypnales	moss	714	Dune slacks	View
Knieff's hook moss	Drepanocladus aduncus	hypnales	moss	714	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
Knieff's hook moss	Drepanocladus aduncus	hypnales	moss	714	Saltmarsh	View
fertile feather moss	Drepanocladus polygamus	hypnales	moss	713	Base rich fens and flushes	View
fertile feather moss	Drepanocladus polygamus	hypnales	moss	713	Dune slacks	View
fertile feather moss	Drepanocladus polygamus	hypnales	moss	713	Saltmarsh	View
toothed pouncewort	Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia	jungermanniales	liverwort	218	Hyperoceanic woodland floor and rocks in addition to nw woodland	View
spiral extinguisher moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	encalyptales	moss	557	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
spiral extinguisher moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	encalyptales	moss	557	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
spiral extinguisher moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	encalyptales	moss	557	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
spiral extinguisher moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	encalyptales	moss	557	Sand dunes	View
spiral extinguisher moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	encalyptales	moss	557	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
common extinguisher moss	Encalypta vulgaris	encalyptales	moss	556	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
common extinguisher moss	Encalypta vulgaris	encalyptales	moss	556	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
thin cord moss	Entosthodon attenuatus	funariales	moss	562	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
Hasselquist's hyssop	Entosthodon fascicularis	funariales	moss	564	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
blunt cord moss	Entosthodon obtusus	funariales	moss	563	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
serrated earth moss	Ephemerum minutissimum	grimmiales	moss	504	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
strap leaved earth moss	Ephemerum recurvifolium	grimmiales	moss	503	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
strap leaved earth moss	Ephemerum recurvifolium	grimmiales	moss	503	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
serrated earth moss	Ephemerum serratum	grimmiales	moss	504	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
Tozer's thread moss	Epipterygium tozeri	bryales	moss	602	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
Tozer's thread moss	Epipterygium tozeri	bryales	moss	602	River banks especially lowland	View
whorled tuffa moss	Eucladium verticillatum	pottiales	moss	420	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
common striated feather-moss	Eurhynchium striatum	hypnales	moss	764	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
common striated feather-moss	Eurhynchium striatum	hypnales	moss	764	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
common striated feather-moss	Eurhynchium striatum	hypnales	moss	764	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
maiden hair pocket moss	Fissidens adianthoides	dicranales	moss	416	Base rich fens and flushes	View
maiden hair pocket moss	Fissidens adianthoides	dicranales	moss	416	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
maiden hair pocket moss	Fissidens adianthoides	dicranales	moss	416	Dune slacks	View
maiden hair pocket moss	Fissidens adianthoides	dicranales	moss	416	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
maiden hair pocket moss	Fissidens adianthoides	dicranales	moss	416	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
lesser pocket moss	Fissidens bryoides	dicranales	moss	407	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
lesser pocket moss	Fissidens bryoides	dicranales	moss	407	River banks especially lowland	View
lesser pocket moss	Fissidens bryoides	dicranales	moss	407	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
Welsh pocket moss	Fissidens celticus	dicranales	moss	412	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
flat foot pocket moss	Fissidens crassipes	dicranales	moss	410	Rivers and rocky streams	View
Curnow's pocket moss	Fissidens curnovii	dicranales	moss	408	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
rock pocket moss	Fissidens dubius	dicranales	moss	416	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
rock pocket moss	Fissidens dubius	dicranales	moss	416	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
rock pocket moss	Fissidens dubius	dicranales	moss	416	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
rock pocket moss	Fissidens dubius	dicranales	moss	416	Sand dunes	View
slender pocket moss	Fissidens exilis	dicranales	moss	411	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
short leaved pocket moss	Fissidens incurvus	dicranales	moss	406	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
short leaved pocket moss	Fissidens incurvus	dicranales	moss	406	River banks especially lowland	View
short leaved pocket moss	Fissidens incurvus	dicranales	moss	406	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
purple stalked pocket moss	Fissidens osmundoides	dicranales	moss	414	Base rich fens and flushes	View
purple stalked pocket moss	Fissidens osmundoides	dicranales	moss	414	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
common pocket moss	Fissidens taxifolius	dicranales	moss	415	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
common pocket moss	Fissidens taxifolius	dicranales	moss	415	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
common pocket moss	Fissidens taxifolius	dicranales	moss	415	Neutral grassland	View
common pocket moss	Fissidens taxifolius	dicranales	moss	415	River banks especially lowland	View
common pocket moss	Fissidens taxifolius	dicranales	moss	415	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
green pocket moss	Fissidens viridulus	dicranales	moss	404	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
green pocket moss	Fissidens viridulus	dicranales	moss	404	River banks especially lowland	View
green pocket moss	Fissidens viridulus	dicranales	moss	404	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
greayer water moss	Fontinalis antipyretica	hypnales	moss	670	Rivers and rocky streams	View
Alpine water moss	Fontinalis squamosa	hypnales	moss	671	Rivers and rocky streams	View
greater frillwort	Fossombronia angulosa	metzgeriales	liverwort	230	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
common frillwort	Fossombronia pusilla	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
common frillwort	Fossombronia pusilla	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	Marshy grassland	View
common frillwort	Fossombronia pusilla	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	River banks especially lowland	View
frillwort	Fossombronia spp.	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
Spanish frillwort	Fossombronia wondraczekii	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
Spanish frillwort	Fossombronia wondraczekii	metzgeriales	liverwort	228	Marshy grassland	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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