Argyll Gardens, Gorseinon

Yesterday for a change I took Alfie for a walk in Argyll Park, which is situated next to the bus station in the middle of Gorseinon and managed to find a total of 16 unremarkable taxa on the Gorsedd Stones. These lumps of Limestone were erected for an Eisteddfod event held in 1980, so have probably been in place no more than 25 years.

Barbula convoluta var. sardoa

Barbula unguiculata

Bryum argenteum

Bryum capillare

Didymodon insulanus

Didymodon sinuosus

Didymodon tophaceus

Grimmia pulvinata

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme

Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum

Orthotrichum affine

Orthotrichum anomalum

Orthotrichum diaphanum

Rhynchostegium confertum

Schistidium crassipilum

Tortula muralis

Also present were some plants with very young capsules that could be O. cupulatum, which I'll try to remember to revisit on a future doggy walking excursion.

D. sinuosus - one of the most frequent species on the stones

shady side of a nearby Beech covered in Metzgeria
consanguinea with lots of Microlejeunea ulicina

Metzgeria consanguinea and Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum new for SS59Z which now has 106 taxa.