Hadnock in the frost

A very frosty Wye Valley at Hadnock, just upstream of Monmouth, was subject of a lunchtime stroll on Wednesday.  I'm not sure I added much to this >100 tetrad in SO51 except for some Bryum donianum on a lane bank, but I will continue to plug away at it because there are plenty of unexplored woodlands within easy distance of the office.

The Lunularia on a ditch bank was showing both male and female bits.  Please remember to record these if you see them.

 

a few more pics showing fertile / reproductive features to look out for

I just had a quick look through photos to see if I had examples of other features to look out for ....

large gemmae on leaf tips of Grimmia hartmanii (lots in Neath waterfalls area and near Penderyn so should hopefully get into Glam - it may well be on the Glam side of the Afon Nedd above the Angel Inn); tiny plantlets on Leucodon;  male Lunularia; short fruits on Breutelia usually well tucked away in middle of tufts.