Lancashire Key Species - Mosses and Liverworts

Moss and Liverwort species included on the list of Lancashire Key Species reviewed on 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from ...more ↓

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Seaside Grimmia ¹
Schistidium maritimum

Robust Bloom Moss
Schistidium robustum

Luminous Moss ²
Schistostega pennata

Acuteleaf Small Limestone Moss
Seligeria acutifolia

Donn's Rock-bristle
Seligeria donniana

Dwarf Rock-bristle ³
Seligeria pusilla

Cruet Collar-moss ⁴
Splachnum ampullaceum

Round-fruited Collar-moss
Splachnum sphaericum

Small Hairy Screw-moss ⁵
Syntrichia laevipila

Marbled Screw-moss
Syntrichia papillosa

Slender Cruet-moss ¹
Tetraplodon mnioides

Thuidium assimile

delicate fern moss ⁶
Thuidium delicatulum

Hook-leaved Fern Moss ⁷
Thuidium recognitum

Yellow Crisp-moss ⁸
Tortella flavovirens

Inclined Twisted Moss
Tortella inclinata

Neat Crisp-moss ⁹
Tortella nitida

Warnstorfia Moss ¹⁰
Warnstorfia exannulata

Beaked Beardless-moss
Weissia rostellata

Pointed-leaved Stubble-moss
Weissia rutilans

Spreading-leaved Beardless-moss
Weissia squarrosa

Zygodon rupestris ¹¹
Zygodon viridissimus rupestris

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Lancashire Key Species - Mosses and Liverworts

Seaside Grimmia 1 Schistidium maritimum

Robust Bloom Moss Schistidium robustum

Luminous Moss 2 Schistostega pennata

Acuteleaf Small Limestone Moss Seligeria acutifolia

Donn's Rock-bristle Seligeria donniana

Dwarf Rock-bristle 3 Seligeria pusilla

Cruet Collar-moss 4 Splachnum ampullaceum

Round-fruited Collar-moss Splachnum sphaericum

Small Hairy Screw-moss 5 Syntrichia laevipila

Marbled Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa

Slender Cruet-moss 1 Tetraplodon mnioides

Thuidium assimile

delicate fern moss 6 Thuidium delicatulum

Hook-leaved Fern Moss 7 Thuidium recognitum

Yellow Crisp-moss 8 Tortella flavovirens

Inclined Twisted Moss Tortella inclinata

Neat Crisp-moss 9 Tortella nitida

Warnstorfia Moss 10 Warnstorfia exannulata

Beaked Beardless-moss Weissia rostellata

Pointed-leaved Stubble-moss Weissia rutilans

Spreading-leaved Beardless-moss Weissia squarrosa

Zygodon rupestris 11 Zygodon viridissimus rupestris