Bryophites

Data collected by Sue Rubinstein during our Bioblitz 19th July 2019

 Grid referenceFrequencyOccurrence in SussexHabitatHabitat
Atrchum undulatumSU808272FA common woodland mossGardenOn soil in rockery
Hypnum cupressiformeSU808272FCommon on a variety of substrates particularly treesGardenOn soil in rockery
Ceratodon purpureusSU808272FVery common on soil and walls on acid substratesGardenOn soil in rockery
Grimmia pulvinata (fr)SU80842728OCommon on walls and roofsGardenOn sandstone wall
Thamnobryum alopecurumSU808272OCommon in woodland, particularly on chalk and on old wallsGardenBase of sandstone wall
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosusSU808272CA common grassland mossGardenIn lawn
Pseudoscleropodium purumSU808272CVery common in short grasslandGardenIn lawn
Calliergonella cuspidataSU808272OVery common in damp grasslandGardenIn Lawn
Kindbergia praelongaSU80842728FAbundant in woodland GardenOn ground in orchard
Cryphaea heteromalla (fr)SU80842728OA frequent epiphyte. Still increasing following the Clean Air Act (1956)GardenOn Pear tree
Schistidium crassipilum (fr)SU808272FFrequent, probably increasing, on walls and pavingGardenOn concrete in garden
Tortula muralis (fr)SU808272OUbiquitous on wallsGardenOn concrete in garden
Lunularia cruciataSU808272LFA common liverwort on earth in disturbed habitatsGardenIn flower bed
Didymodon insulanusSU808272OCommon on soil and rockGardenIn flower beds
Isothecium myosuroidesSU81072733FCommon on the base of larger trees in woodlandwoods and hedgrowsBase of Oak
Mnium hornumSU810273CVery common in well-established woodlandwoods and hedgrowsWoodland floor
Dicranella heteromallaSU810273FCommon on woodland banks on acid soilswoods and hedgrowsBank in wood
Lophocolea heterophyllaSU810273LFCommon on damp banks and logswoods and hedgrowsBank in wood
Orthotrichum affine (fr)SU81072722OCommon on well-lit treeswoods and hedgrowsOn Oak
Brachythecium rutabulumSU81072722FUsually abundant on a variety of substrateswoods and hedgrowsBase of Oak
Bryum capillare (fr)SU81072722OOften abundant on stumps, walls and treeswoods and hedgrowsHawthorn hedge
Polytrichastrum formosumSU81002721OCommon in woods on acid soilwoods and hedgrowsBetween Oak roots
Zygodon conoideusSU81072722OFrequent on old trees, particularly Ashwoods and hedgrowsOn Hawthorn
Metzgeria furcataSU81142724FCommon on treeswoods and hedgrowsOn Willow
Plagiothecium succulentumSU81272737LFFrequent in woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn earth mound in wood
Leucobryum juniperoideumSU81272743OFrequent in acid woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Tetraphis pellucidaSU81272743OFrequent on stumps and sandstone outcropswoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Orthodontium lineare (fr)SU81272743LFAn introduced species. Now common on stumpswoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Dicranum montanumSU81272743RA scares epiphyte, usually found in minute colonieswoods and hedgrowsOn Beech
Microlejeunea ulicinaSU81272743OCommon on trees in N Sussexwoods and hedgrowsOn Beech
Calypogeia fissaSU81192734OFrequent on old bankswoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Cephalozia bicuspidataSU81192734OCommon on banks in woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Cololejeunea minutissimaSU81192734LFOnce a rarity, now a common epiphytewoods and hedgrowsOn Birch
Lepidozia reptansSU811273OFrequent on stumps in woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Metzgeria consanguineaSU811273FOften frequent in damp woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn Silver Birch
Frullania dilatataSU811273OCommon on trees throughout Sussexwoods and hedgrowsOn Willow, rather scarce in this wood
Ulota bruchii (fr)SU811273RA common epiphytewoods and hedgrowsOn Silver Birch
Pellia epiphyllaSU811273LFCommon on damp soil by streams, neutral to acidicwoods and hedgrowsOn ground in damp area by Bamboo
Atrichum undulatum (fr)SU812273FA very common woodland mosswoods and hedgrowsWoodland floor
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegansSU810273FCommon in woodland on acid soilswoods and hedgrowsBanks in wood
Hypnum cupressiformeSU810273CCommon on a variety of substrates particularly treeswoods and hedgrowsEpiphytic on trees
Hypnum andoiSU810273FCommon on old treeswoods and hedgrowsEpiphytic on trees
Plagiothecium curvifoliumSU81192734OFairly frequent on tree bases and stumps in woodlandwoods and hedgrowsOn stump
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosusSU812272AA common grassland mossmeadowsBottom Field
Pseudoscleropodium purumSU812272CVery common in short grasslandmeadowsBottom Field