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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wall scalewort	Porella platyphylla	jungermanniales	liverwort	206	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
smallest pottia	Pottia davalliana commutata	pottiales	moss	487	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
smallest pottia	Pottia davalliana commutata	pottiales	moss	487	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
smallest pottia	Pottia davalliana commutata	pottiales	moss	487	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
round fruited pottia	Pottiopsis caespitosa	pottiales	moss	437	Quarries tracks and waste ground lime rich	View
narrow mushroom headed liverwort	Preissia quadrata	marchantiale	liverwort	257	Base rich fens and flushes	View
narrow mushroom headed liverwort	Preissia quadrata	marchantiale	liverwort	257	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
narrow mushroom headed liverwort	Preissia quadrata	marchantiale	liverwort	257	Dune slacks	View
delicate earth moss	Pseudephemerum nitidum	dicranales	moss	341	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
delicate earth moss	Pseudephemerum nitidum	dicranales	moss	341	Marshy grassland	View
delicate earth moss	Pseudephemerum nitidum	dicranales	moss	341	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
delicate earth moss	Pseudephemerum nitidum	dicranales	moss	341	River banks especially lowland	View
Hornschuch's beard moss	Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum	pottiales	moss	440	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Heathland	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Marshy grassland	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Neutral grassland	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Sand dunes	View
neat feather moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	hypnales	moss	753	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
elegant silk moss	Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	hypnales	moss	788	Heathland	View
elegant silk moss	Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	hypnales	moss	788	On rotting logs and stumps	View
elegant silk moss	Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	hypnales	moss	788	Scree beds silicaceous	View
elegant silk moss	Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	hypnales	moss	788	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
bird's foot wing moss	Pterogonium gracile	hypnales	moss	677	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
bird's foot wing moss	Pterogonium gracile	hypnales	moss	677	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
cilliated fringewort	Ptilidium ciliare	jungermanniales	liverwort	204	Acidic grassland in addition to neutral species	View
cilliated fringewort	Ptilidium ciliare	jungermanniales	liverwort	204	Heathland	View
cilliated fringewort	Ptilidium ciliare	jungermanniales	liverwort	204	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
cilliated fringewort	Ptilidium ciliare	jungermanniales	liverwort	204	Scree beds silicaceous	View
yellow fringe moss	Racomitrium aciculare	grimmiales	moss	534	Rivers and rocky streams	View
narrow leaved fringe moss	Racomitrium aquaticum	grimmiales	moss	535	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
dense fringe moss	Racomitrium ericoides	grimmiales	moss	540	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
wooly fringe moss	Racomitrium lanuginosum	grimmiales	moss	539	Acidic grassland in addition to neutral species	View
wooly fringe moss	Racomitrium lanuginosum	grimmiales	moss	539	Heathland	View
wooly fringe moss	Racomitrium lanuginosum	grimmiales	moss	539	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
wooly fringe moss	Racomitrium lanuginosum	grimmiales	moss	539	Scree beds silicaceous	View
slender fringe moss	Racomitrium sudeticum	grimmiales	moss	536	Scree beds silicaceous	View
brown scalewort	Radula aquilegia	jungermanniales	liverwort	203	Hyperoceanic woodland floor and rocks in addition to nw woodland	View
even scalewort	Radula complanata	jungermanniales	liverwort	202	General epiphytes	View
felted thyme moss	Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum	bryales	moss	617	Base rich fens and flushes	View
felted thyme moss	Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum	bryales	moss	617	Conifer plantation floor	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Base rich fens and flushes	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Conifer plantation floor	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
dotted thyme-moss	Rhizomnium punctatum	bryales	moss	616	Rivers and rocky streams	View
dwarf feather moss	Rhynchostegiella pumila	hypnales	moss	773	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
tender feather moss	Rhynchostegiella tenella	hypnales	moss	771	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
tender feather moss	Rhynchostegiella tenella	hypnales	moss	771	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
tender feather moss	Rhynchostegiella tenella	hypnales	moss	771	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
Teesdale feather moss	Rhynchostegiella teneriffae	hypnales	moss	772	Rivers and rocky streams	View
clustered feather moss	Rhynchostegium confertum	hypnales	moss	761	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
clustered feather moss	Rhynchostegium confertum	hypnales	moss	761	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
clustered feather moss	Rhynchostegium confertum	hypnales	moss	761	General epiphytes	View
clustered feather moss	Rhynchostegium confertum	hypnales	moss	761	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
Indian feather moss	Rhynchostegium megapolitanum	hypnales	moss	762	Sand dunes	View
wall feather moss	Rhynchostegium murale	hypnales	moss	760	Buildings and walls in cities towns and villages	View
wall feather moss	Rhynchostegium murale	hypnales	moss	760	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
little shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus loreus	hypnales	moss	817	Acidic grassland in addition to neutral species	View
little shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus loreus	hypnales	moss	817	Heathland	View
little shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus loreus	hypnales	moss	817	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
little shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus loreus	hypnales	moss	817	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
little shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus loreus	hypnales	moss	817	Scree beds silicaceous	View
springy turf moss	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	hypnales	moss	818	Heathland	View
springy turf moss	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	hypnales	moss	818	Marshy grassland	View
springy turf moss	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	hypnales	moss	818	Neutral grassland	View
springy turf moss	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	hypnales	moss	818	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
big shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus	hypnales	moss	816	Neutral grassland	View
big shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus	hypnales	moss	816	Sand dunes	View
big shaggy moss	Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus	hypnales	moss	816	Southeast woodland floor and rocks	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Base rich fens and flushes	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Dune slacks	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Marshy grassland	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Neutral grassland	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
jagged germanderwort	Riccardia chamedryfolia	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Rivers and rocky streams	View
delicate germanderwort	Riccardia multifida	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Acidic and neutral fens and flushes	View
delicate germanderwort	Riccardia multifida	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Base rich fens and flushes	View
delicate germanderwort	Riccardia multifida	metzgeriales	liverwort	243	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
palmate germanderwort	Riccardia palmata	metzgeriales	liverwort	244	On rotting logs and stumps	View
germanderwort	Riccardia spp.	metzgeriales	liverwort	243_244	Raised bogs and blanket bogs	View
floating crystalwort	Riccia fluitans	marchantiales	liverwort	261	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
glaucous crystalwort	Riccia glauca	marchantiales	liverwort	267	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
common crystalwort	Riccia sorocarpa	marchantiales	liverwort	266	Arable land and flowerbeds	View
common crystalwort	Riccia sorocarpa	marchantiales	liverwort	266	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
least crystalwort	Riccia subbifurca	marchantiales	liverwort	268	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
fringed heartwort	Ricciocarpos natans	marchantiales	liverwort	260	Ponds lakes including exposed margins	View
straggling pouchwort	Saccogyna viticulosa	jungermanniales	liverwort	190	Coastal slopes and estuary banks	View
straggling pouchwort	Saccogyna viticulosa	jungermanniales	liverwort	190	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
sickle leaved hook moss	Sanionia uncinata	hypnales	moss	728	Cliffs outcrops and boulders base rich silicaceous	View
sickle leaved hook moss	Sanionia uncinata	hypnales	moss	728	General epiphytes	View
rough earwort	Scapania aspera	jungermanniales	liverwort	179	Base rich grassland in addition to neutral species	View
rough earwort	Scapania aspera	jungermanniales	liverwort	179	Cliffs outcrops and boulders chalk limestone and base rich silicaceous	View
rough earwort	Scapania aspera	jungermanniales	liverwort	179	Northwest woodland floor and rocks	View
thickset earwort	Scapania compacta	jungermanniales	liverwort	168	Coastal rocks	View
thickset earwort	Scapania compacta	jungermanniales	liverwort	168	Quarries tracks and waste ground acidic	View
western earwort	Scapania gracilis	jungermanniales	liverwort	180	Acidic grassland in addition to neutral species	View
western earwort	Scapania gracilis	jungermanniales	liverwort	180	Heathland	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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