Monday 27 February 2017

Ulota calvescens near Monmouth


I stopped briefly at Dixton Embankment LNR on my way back from the school run and spotted a single tuft of Ulota calvescens.  This is, at long last, the first record of this spreading species for VC35.  Perhaps surprisingly, it was less than 50m from the eastern boundary of Monmouthshire, despite U. calvescens being a hyperoceanic moss.

4 comments:

  1. Great stuff. Is it on willow?

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  2. Hawthorn, along with copious Orthotrichum pulchellum

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  3. Since it's discovery in Glamorgan in March 2015, it has now been found in eight tetrads, though only one site is in the east the county.

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  4. Thanks Sam, I should probably have recognised the twigs!

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