Graham and I have nearly finished our report on the oceanic bryophytes of Coedydd Nedd a Mellte SAC, with our own photos plus a few by other South Wales Bryologists. The only gap was the
Aphanolejeunea colony in the middle of the footpath to Sgwd Gwladus - in Glamorgan and the southernmost patches of this species in Britain. Bea and Johnny were keen on a visit to the waterfall today, and I managed to surreptitiously grab a photo of the tree as well. Double success :-)
The Aphanolejeunea tree - admire but do not collect!!
The only other bryophyte I noticed was a relatively large
Fossombronia on one of the dry promontories in the river (again in Glamorgan); sadly there were no sporophytes and I didn't want to check its rhizoids because there were only two thalli. Something to revisit.
That was the first tree I saw it on when I was there in November - thanks to your previous posting with details of where to find it.
ReplyDeleteThat has to be the easiest twitch for this species - looking forward to the day I finally catch up with It. Also looking forward to the report...
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