South Wales Bryophytes

Snippets of interest from wet woodland near the railway sidings at Trostre included a little Ulota calvescens on the willows plus Callie...

I headed to Hensol Forest yesterday afternoon with thoughts of Ghostwort in my mind. There is a lot of Sphagnum in the wet woodland just to...

After several hints that Ulota taxonomy was about to change (is the information that Ulota crispa comprises three species a 'spoiler...

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, a...

Perhaps there aren't too many who would consider spending a couple of hours wandering around Bryncoch Tip and the surrounding area a...

Following Barry's recent post, I thought it was worth posting some photos of Ulota bruchii growing on a sandstone block on the northern...

Even though the whitish spreading/erect peristome is suggestive of drummondii , I'm suspecting this is just bruchii . The habitat was un...

I finally joined the calvescens club today. After looking for this species a few times in Cardiff in late winter, the usual thing happened ...

I found a single tuft of Ulota calvescens on a capstone of a roadside wall south of Cwmgors (i.e. the Nant-y-Gaseg bridge parapet immediate...

After looking at lots of Ulota specimens in the Pentrecwydau forestry between Resolven and Glyn Neath, which were mostly   bruchii/crispa  ...

Two tufts found in a 20 minute search, one on Salix cf. x fragilis , another on Populus alba . I only had my phone so the shots are pretty h...

This photo was taken last April at Carmel, but the season for spotting this increasingly frequent moss has now begun.  I found a few tuft...

I picked out a calvescens calyptra from bottom of packet - pics should give an idea of hairiness.

Flora Briofitica Iberica Vol V, which was published last summer/autumn, moves us on several steps in Ulota identification.  This was covered...