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 ↓
Dwarf Earth Moss
1
Acaulon muticum
Common Aloe-moss
2
Aloina aloides
Andreaea rothii subsp. rothii
Andreaea rothii rothii
Andreaea rupestris var. rupestris
Andreaea rupestris rupestris
Clay Earth-moss
3
Archidium alternifolium
Stiff Apple-moss
4
Bartramia ithyphylla
Common Apple-moss
5
Bartramia pomiformis
Bristle-leaf
Brachydontium trichodes
Sand Feather-moss
Brachythecium mildeanum
Golden-head Moss
3
Breutelia chrysocoma
Bryum algovicum var. rutheanum
Bryum algovicum rutheanum
Bryum alpinum
6
Imbribryum alpinum
Giant Calliergon Moss
8
Calliergon giganteum
Fine-leaved Feather-moss
Campyliadelphus elodes
Campylium stellatum var. protensum
Campylium stellatum protensum
Campylopus atrovirens var. atrovirens
Campylopus atrovirens atrovirens
Awl-leaved Swan-neck Moss
9
Campylopus subulatus
Rock-loving Swan-necked Moss
Campylostelium saxicola
Golf-club Moss
Catoscopium nigritum
Lateral Cryphaea
Cryphaea heteromalla
Pointed Lattice-moss
Dialytrichia mucronata
yellowish fork-moss
Dichodontium flavescens
Pointed Beard-moss
Didymodon acutus
Nicholson's Beard-moss
Didymodon nicholsonii
Powder Gun Moss
10
Diphyscium foliosum
Naked Flag Moss
Discelium nudum
Inclined Distichium
Distichium inclinatum
Flexible Cow-hair Moss
Ditrichum flexicaule
Knieff's hook-moss
11
Drepanocladus aduncus
Fertile Feather-moss
Drepanocladus polygamus
Fringed Extinquisher Moss
12
Encalypta ciliata
Lime Entodon Moss
13
Entodon concinnus
Blunt Cord-moss
Entosthodon obtusus
Lesser Striated Feather-moss
Eurhynchium striatulum
Welsh Pocket-moss
14
Fissidens celticus
Narrow-leaved Pocket-moss
Fissidens gracilifolius
Herzog's Pocket-moss
15
Fissidens limbatus
Fissidens osmundoides
16
Fissidens osmundioides
Fontinalis antipyretica var. gracilis
Fontinalis antipyretica gracilis
Lesser Squirrel-tail Moss
Habrodon perpusillus
Varnished Hook-moss
Hamatocaulis vernicosus
Hylocomium brevirostre
18
Loeskeobryum brevirostre
Hook-beak Tufa-moss
Hymenostylium recurvirostrum
brocade moss
19
Hypnum imponens
Lindberg's Hypnum Moss
20
Hypnum lindbergii
Neat Silk-moss
Isopterygiopsis pulchella
Thatch Moss
Leptodontium gemmascens
Smaller White-moss
21
Leucobryum juniperoideum
Broadnerved humpmoss
22
Meesia uliginosa
Flood-moss
Myrinia pulvinata
Fine-leaved Erect-capsule Moss
Orthothecium intricatum
Lyell's Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum lyellii
River Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum rivulare
Straw Bristle-moss
24
Orthotrichum stramineum
Slender Bristle-moss
Orthotrichum tenellum
Arnell's Apple-moss
Philonotis arnellii
Dwarf Bladder-moss
Physcomitrium sphaericum
Zierian Hump-moss
Plagiobryum zieri
Marsh Thyme-moss
24
Plagiomnium ellipticum
Bright Silk-moss
Plagiothecium laetum
Lurking Leskea
Plagiothecium latebricola
Spruce's Leskea
Platydictya jungermannioides
Square Pleurochaete Moss
26
Pleurochaete squarrosa
Opal Nodding Moss
15
Pohlia cruda
Drummond's Pohlia Moss
Pohlia drummondii
Pohlia elongata var. elongata
Pohlia elongata elongata
Polytrichum alpinum
27
Polytrichastrum alpinum
Polytrichum longisetum
Polytrichastrum longisetum
Pterogonium gracile
28
Nogopterium gracile
Ostrich-plume Moss
29
Ptilium crista-castrensis
Lesser Fringe-moss
30
Racomitrium affine
Narrow-leaved Fringe-moss
24
Racomitrium aquaticum
Elongate Rock Moss
31
Racomitrium elongatum
Dense Rock Moss
32
Racomitrium ericoides
Slender Fringe-moss
15
Racomitrium sudeticum
Toothed Streak-moss
33
Rhabdoweisia crispata
Felt Round Moss
Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum
