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Biodiversity on the Dundreggan Estate

Bryophytes recorded on Dundreggan

This list has been compiled by Trees For Life from the species recorded by Gorden Rothero and by Ben and Alison Averis during surveys of the Dundreggan estate in 2007. The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.


Liverworts recorded on Dundreggan

  
Anastrepta orcadensis Orkney Notchwort
Anastrophyllum minutum Comb notchwort
Aneura pinguis Greasewort
Anthelia julacea Alpine silverwort
Anthelia juratzkana Scarce silverwort
Aphanolejeunea microscopica Long-leaved pouncewort
 
Barbilophozia attenuata Trunk pawwort
Barbilophozia barbata Bearded pawwort
Barbilophozia floerkei Common pawwort
Barbilophozia hatcheri Hatcher's pawwort
Bazzania tricrenata Lesser whipwort
Bazzania trilobata Greater whipwort
Blasia pusilla Common kettlewort
Blepharostoma trichophyllum Hairy threadwort
 
Calypogeia fissa Common pouncewort
Calypogeia muelleriana Mueller's pouchwort
Calypogeia sphagnicola Bog pouchwort
Cephalozia bicuspidata Two-pincerwort
Cephalozia connivens Forcipated pincerwort
Cephalozia loitlesbergeri Scissors pincerwort
Cephalozia lunulifolia Moon-leaved pincerwort
Cephaloziella divaricata Common threadword
Chiloscyphus polyanthus St.Winifrid's M
Cladopodiella fluitans Bog notchwort
Cololejeunea calcarea Rock pouncewort
Conocephalum conicum Great scented liverwort
 
Diplophyllum albicans White earwort
Douinia ovata Waxy earwort
Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia Toothed pouncewort
 
Frullania dilatata Dilated scalewort
Frullania fragilifolia Spotty scalewort
Frullania tamarisci Tamarisk scalewort
 
Gymnocolea inflata Inflated notchwort
Gymnomitrion crenulatum Western frostwort
Gymnomitrion obtusum White frostwort
 
Jamesoniella autumnalis Autumn flapwort
Jungermannia atrovirens Dark-green flapwort
Jungermannia gracillima Crenulated flapwort
Jungermannia hyalina Transparent flapwort
 
Kurzia pauciflora Bristly fingerwort
Kurzia trichoclados Heath fingerwort
 
Leiocolea bantriensis Bantry notchwort
Lejeunea cavifolia Micheili's least pouncewort
Lejeunea patens Pearl pouncewort
Lepidozia pearsonii Pearson's fingerwort
Lepidozia reptans Creeping fingerwort
 
Lophocolea bidentata Bifid crestwort
Lophozia incisa Jagged notchwort
Lophozia sudetica Hill notchwort
Lophozia ventricosa Tumid notchwort
 
Marchantia polymorpha Common liverwort
Marsupella emarginata Notched rustwort
Marsupella funckii Funck's rustwort
Metzgeria conjugata Rock veilwort
Metzgeria furcata Forked veilwort
Mylia anomala Anomalous flapwort
Mylia taylorii Tatlor's flapwort
 
Nardia scalaris Ladder flapwort
Nowellia curvifolia Wood-rust
 
Odontoschisma elongatum Brown flapwort
Odontoschisma sphagni Bog-moss flapwort
 
Pellia endiviifolia Endive pellia
Pellia epiphylla Overleaf pellia
Plagiochila asplenioides Greater featherwort
Plagiochila porelloides Lesser featherwort
Plagiochila spinulosa Prickly featherwort
Pleurozia purpurea Purple spoonwort
Preissia quadrata Narrow mushroom-headed liverwort
Ptilidium ciliare Ciliaed fringewort
 
Radula complanata Even scalewort
Riccardia chamedryfolia Jagged germanderwort
Riccardia latifrons Bog germanderwort
Riccardia multifida Delicate germanderwort
Riccardia palmata Palmate germanderwoort
 
Saccogyna viticulosa Straggling pouchwort
Scapania compacta Thick-set earwort
Scapania degenii Degen's earwort
Scapania gracilis Western earwort
Scapania nemorea Grove earwort
Scapania scandica Norwegian earwort
Scapania uliginosa Marsh earwort
Scapania umbrosa Shady earwort
Scapania undulata Water earwort
Sphenolobopsis pearsonii Horsehair threadwort
   
Tetralophozia setiformis Monster pawwort
Trichocolea tomentella Handsome woollywort
Tritomaria exsectiformis Larger cut notchwort
Tritomaria quinquedentata Lyon's notchwort
   

Mosses recorded on Dundreggan

  
Amphidium mougeotii Mougeot's yoke moss
Andreaea rothii Dusky rock moss
Andreaea rupestris Black rock moss
Anoectangium aestivum Summer moss
Anomobryum julaceum Slender silver moss
Antitrichia curtipendula Pendulous wing moss
Atrichum undulatum Common smoothcap
Aulacomnium androgynum Bud-headed groove moss
Aulacomnium palustre Bog groove moss
Bartramia pomiformis Common apple moss
 
Blindia acuta Sharp-leaved Blindia
Brachythecium plumosum Rusty feather moss
Brachythecium rivulare River feather moss
Brachythecium rutabulum Rough-stalked feather moss
Breutelia chrysocoma Golden-head moss
Bryum alpinum Alpine thread moss
Bryum capillare Capillary thread moss
Bryum pallens Pale thread moss
Bryum pseudotriquetrum Marsh bryum
 
Calliergon cordifolium Heart-leaved spear moss
Calliergon sarmentosum Twiggy spear moss
Calliergon stramineum Straw spear moss
Calliergon trifarium Three-ranked spear moss
Calliergonella cuspidata Pointed spear moss
Campylium stellatum Yellow stary feather moss
Campylopus atrovirens Bristly swan-neck moss
Campylopus flexuosus Rusty swan-neck moss
Campylopus introflexus Heath star moss
Campylopus pyriformis Dwarf swan-neck moss
Ceratodon purpureus Purple fork moss
Cratoneuron filicinum Fern-leaved hook moss
Ctenidium molluscum Chalk comb moss
Ctenidium molluscum var. condensatum Dense comb moss
Cynodontium bruntonii Brunton's dog tooth moss
Cynodontium jenneri Jenner's dog tooth moss
 
Dichodontium pellucidum Transparent fork moss
Dicranella palustris Marsh forklet moss
Dicranella varia Variable forklet moss
Dicranoweisia cirrata Common pincushion
Dicranum bonjeanii Crisped fork moss
Dicranum fuscescens Dusky fork moss
Dicranum majus Greater fork moss
Dicranum scoparium Broomfork moss
Drepanocladus cossonii Intermediate hook moss
Diphyscium foliosum Nut moss
Ditrichum heteromallum Curve-leaved ditrichum
Drepanocladus aduncus Kneiff's hook moss
Drepanocladus revolvens Rusty hook moss
 
Entosthodon attenuatus Thin cord moss
Entosthodon obtusus Blunt cord moss
Eurhynchium hians Swartz's feather moss
Eurhynchium praelongum Common feather moss
Eurhynchium striatum Common striated feather moss
 
Fissidens adianthoides Maidenhair pocket moss
Fissidens osmundoides Purple-stalked pocket moss
Fissidens taxifolius Common pocket moss
Fontinalis antipyretica Greater water-moss
 
Grimmia curvata Spreading-leaved grimmia
Grimmia funalis String grimmia
Grimmia incurva Black grimmia
Grimmia lisae  
Grimmia torquata Twisted grimmia
Grimmia trichophylla Hair-pointed grimmia
Gymnostomum aeruginosum Verdigris tufa moss
 
Hedwigia stellata Starry hoar-moss
Heterocladium heteropterum Slender tamarisk moss
Homalothecium sericeum Silky wall feather moss
Hookeria lucens Shining hookeria
Hygrohypnum eugyrium Western brook moss
Hygrohypnum luridum Drab brook moss
Hylocomium brevirostre Short-beaked wood moss
Hylocomium splendens Glittering wood moss
Hyocomium armoricum Flagellate feather moss
Hypnum andoi Mamillate plait moss
Hypnum cupressiforme Cypress-leaved plait moss
Hypnum jutlandicum Heath plait-moss
 
Isopterygiopsis pulchella Neat silk moss
Isothecium alopecuroides Larger mouse-tail moss
Isothecium myosuroides brachythecioides Thicker mouse-tail moss
Isothecium myosuroides myosuroides Slender mouse-tail moss
 
Kiaeria blyttii Blytt's fork moss
 
Leskea polycarpa Many-fruited leskia
Leucobryum glaucum Large white moss
 
Mnium hornum Swan's-neck thyme moss
Molendoa warburgii Warburg's moss
Neckera complanata Flat neckera
Neckera crispa Crisped neckera
 
Oligotrichum hercynicum Hercynian haircap
Orthotrichum affine Wood bristle moss
Orthotrichum lyellii Lyell's bistle moss
Orthotrichum rivulare River bristle moss
Orthotrichum stramineum Straw bristle moss
Orthotrichum striatum Shaw's bristle moss
 
Palustriella commutata Curled hook moss
Philonotis fontana Fountain apple-moss
Plagiomnium cuspidatum Woodsy thyme moss
Plagiomnium elatum Tall thyme moss
Plagiomnium undulatum Hart's-tongue thyme moss
Plagiothecium laetum Bright silk moss
Plagiothecium succulentum Juicy silk moss
Plagiothecium undulatum Waved silk-moss
Pleurozium schreberi Red-stemmed feather-moss
Pogonatum aloides Aloe haircap
Pogonatum urnigerum Urn haircap
Pohlia cruda Opal thread moss
Pohlia drummondii Drummond's thread moss
Pohlia nutans Nodding thread moss
Pohlia proligera Bent-bud thread moss
Pohlia scotica Scottish thread moss
Pohlia wahlenbergii Pale glaucous thread moss
Polytrichum alpinum Alpine haircap
Polytrichum commune Common haircap
Polytrichum formosum Wood haircap
Polytrichum juniperinum Juniper haircap
Polytrichum piliferum Bristly haircap
Polytrichum strictum Strict haircap
Pseudotaxyphyllum elegans Elegant Silk-moss
Pterigynandrum filiforme Capillary wing moss
Ptilium crista-castrensis Ostrich-plume feathermoss
Ptychomitrium polyphyllum Long-shanked pincushion
 
Racomitrium aciculare Yellow fringe-moss
Racomitrium aquaticum Narrow-leaved fringe moss
Racomitrium ericoides Dense fringe-moss
Racomitrium fasciculare Green mountain fringe-moss
Racomitrium heterostichum Bristly fringe-moss
Racomitrium lanuginosum Woolly fringe-moss
Racomitrium sudeticum Slender fringe-moss
Rhabdoweisia crispata Toothed streak moss
Rhabdoweisia fugax Dwarf streaked moss
Rhizomnium punctatum Dotted thyme-moss
Rhynchostegium riparioides Long-beaked water feather moss
Rhytidiadelphus loreus Little shaggy-moss
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Springy turf-moss
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus Big shaggy-moss
 
Schistidium apocarpum Sessile grimmia
Schistidium crassipilum Thickpoint gimmia
Schistidium rivulare River grimmia
Scleropodium purum Neat feather-moss
Scorpidium scorpioides Hooked scorpion-moss
Sphagnum affine Imbricate bog moss
Sphagnum angustifolium Fine bog moss
Sphagnum austinii Austin's bog-moss
Sphagnum capillifolium Acute-leaved bog-moss
Sphagnum compactum Compact bog-moss
Sphagnum contortum Twisted bog-moss
Sphagnum cuspidatum Feathery bog-moss
Sphagnum denticulatum Cow-horn bog-moss
Sphagnum fallax Flat-topped bog-moss
Sphagnum fuscum Rusty bog-moss
Sphagnum girgensohnii Girgensohn's bog moss
Sphagnum inundatum Lesser cow-horn bog-moss
Sphagnum magellanicum Magellanic bog-moss
Sphagnum molle Blushing bog moss
Sphagnum palustre Blunt-leaved bog-moss
Sphagnum papillosum Papillose bog-moss
Sphagnum quinquefarium Five-ranked bog-moss
Sphagnum squarrosum Spiky bog moss
Sphagnum strictum Pale bog-moss
Sphagnum subnitens Lustrous bog-moss
Sphagnum tenellum Soft bog-moss
Sphagnum teres Rigid bog moss
Splachnum ampullaceum Cruet collar moss
Splachnum sphaericum Round-fruited collar moss
 
Tetraphis pellucida Pellucid four-tooth moss
Tetraplodon mnioides Slender cruet moss
Thamnobryum alopecurum Fox-tail feather moss
Thuidium tamariscinum Common tamarisk-moss
Tortella tortuosa Frizzled crisp-moss
Trichostomum brachydontium Variable crisp moss
Trichostomum tenuirostre Narrow-fruited crisp moss
 
Ulota bruchii Bruch's pincushion
Ulota crispa Crisped pincushion
Ulota drummondii Drummonds' pincushion
Ulota phyllantha Frizzled pincushion
 
Warnstorfia exannulata Ringless hook-moss
Weissia controversa Green-tufted stubble-moss
 
Zygodon conoideus Lesser yoke moss
Zygodon rupestris Park yoke moss
Zygodon viridissimus var viridissimus Green yoke moss
 

Total species: 266

 


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Liverworts

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Long-leaved pouncewort (Aphanolejeunea microscopica) on Dundreggan.

 

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Handsome woollywort (Trichocolea tomentella) on Dundreggan.

 

Mosses

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Three-ranked spear moss (Calliergon trifarium) at the edge of a small lochan on Dundreggan.

 

Broomfork moss

Broomfork moss (Dicranum scoparium) on Dundreggan.

 

Moss on fungus on birch tree

Cypress-leaved plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme) on tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on a fallen birch tree on Dundreggan.

 

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Wood haircap (Polytrichum formosum) with perichaetia or 'flowers' (special leaves that protect the moss's egg producing organ).

 

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Yellow fringe-moss (Racomitrium aciculare) on a rock on Dundreggan.

 

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Bristly fringe-moss (Racomitrium heterostichum) covered in hoar frost, on a rock on Dundreggan.

 

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Little shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus) on Dundreggan.

 

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Austin's bog-moss (Sphagnum austinii) in the northeast of Dundreggan.

 

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Acute-leaved bog-moss (Sphagnum capillifolium) on Dundreggan.

 

Rust bog-moss

Rusty bog-moss (Sphagnum fuscum) in the northeast of Dundreggan.

 

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