Tuesday 25 December 2018

Crofty update

male Fossombronia incurva
I spent about an hour on Christmas Eve exploring the abandoned Crofty building plot and recorded Cephaloziella integerrima on a total 12 of the post hole tumps, a few small patches on some of the adjacent banks, plus some reasonable patches on the abandoned footings themselves. The list of direct associates (i.e species within 10cm) below included Fossombronia incurva, this being just the second county record.
female plants of Fossombronia incurva with Ephemerum minutissimum
Direct associates of Cephaloziella integerrima:
Achillea millefolium
Agrostis capillaris
Aira praecox
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Archidium alternifolium
Bellis perennis
Brachytheciastrum velutinum
Brachythecium mildeanum
Bryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens
Bryum dichotomum
Bryum pallens
Calliergonella cuspidata
Carex flacca
Centaurium erythraea
Cephaloziella divaricata
Ceratodon purpureus
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia humilis
Cladonia rangiformis
Cynosurus cristatus
Dactylis glomerata
Dicranella rufescens
Didymodon fallax
Didymodon insulanus
Ephemerum minutissimum
Ephemerum serratum
Festuca ovina
Fossombronia incurva
Holcus lanatus
Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Hypochaeris radicata
Leontodon saxatilis
Lotus corniculatus
Luzula campestris
Odontites vernus
Oxyrrhynchium hians
Pilosella officinarum
Plantago coronopus
Pleuridium subulatum
Plantago lanceolata
Prunella vulgaris
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Tortula truncata
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium repens
Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis
Viola riviniana
Weissia controversa var. controversa

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