Wyre Forest Study Group – Biological Records
Species List: Mosses & Liverworts of Wyre
Species Count: 406
Date Compiled: April 2018 – by Ann Hill
| Bryophyte | Latin Name | Common name | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornwort | (Anthoceros punctatus) | Field/Dotted Hornwort | (Rare) | Trimpley. Hoarstone near Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Aneura pinguis | Greasewort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Barbilophozia attenuata | Trunk Pawwort | Rare | Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004) |
| Liverwort | Barbilophozia floerkei | Atlantic/Common/Hatcher’s Pawwort | Rare | Town Coppice (T. Laflin, 1962) |
| Liverwort | Bazzania trilobata | Greater Whipwort | Scarce | Numerous records from the time of Duncan to the 21st century: Dowles Brook, Hitterhill Coppice, Knowles Coppice, Park Brook, Brand Wood. |
| Liverwort | Blasia pusilla | Common Kettlewort | Rare | Seckley (Bagnall, 1895). R. Severn near Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). |
| Liverwort | Blepharostoma trichophyllum | Hairy Threadwort | Rare | Seckley (Bagnall, 1895). “Wyre” (Duncan, 1908). Ribbesford Wood (BBS, 2004). |
| Liverwort | Calypogeia arguta | Notched Pouchwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | Calypogeia fissa | Common Pouchwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | Calypogeia muelleriana | Mueller’s Pouchwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Cephalozia bicuspidata | Two-horned Pincerwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | (Cephalozia lunulifolia) | Moon-leaved Pincerwort | (Rare) | Seckley Wood and Arley Wood (Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Cephaloziella divaricata | Common Threadwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Cephaloziella rubella | Hampe’s/Red/Heath Threadwort | Rare | Near Fish Ponds (Duncan, 1920). Buttonoak/Dowles (Lawley, 1999). |
| Liverwort | Chiloscyphus pallescens | St Winifrid’s Moss/Pale Liverwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Chiloscyphus polyanthos | St Winifrid’s Moss/Pale Liverwort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Conocephalum conicum | Great Scented Liverwort/Snakewort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Conocephalum salebrosum | Great Scented Liverwort/Snakewort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Diplophyllum albicans | White Earwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | (Fossombronia caespitiformis) | Common/Pitted/Acid/Spanish Frillwort | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7376) (Bagnall, 1892). “Wyre” (Paton, 1959). |
| Liverwort | Fossombronia pusilla | Common/Pitted/Acid/Spanish Frillwort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Fossombronia wondraczekii | Common/Pitted/Acid/Spanish Frillwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Frullania dilatata | Dilated Scalewort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | Frullania tamarisci | Tamarisk Scalewort | Local | |
| Liverwort | (Gymnocolea inflata) | Inflated Notchwort | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and railway cuttings, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Jamesoniella autumnalis | Autumn Flapwort | Rare | Skeys Wood and Seckely Wood (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1907; Rose, 1969; BBS, 1984). Seckley (Bagnall, 1909). Oxbind Coppice (SO 743749) (Hodgetts, 1984). Valley below Lords Wood (Paton, 1984). |
| Liverwort | Jungermannia atrovirens | Dark-green Flapwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Jungermannia gracillima | Crenulated Flapwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | (Jungermannia hyalina) | Transparent Flapwort | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and Seckley Wood (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Jungermannia pumila | Dwarf Flapwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | (Jungermannia sphaerocarpa) | Round-fruited Flapwort | (Rare) | “Dowles Brook” (Bagnall, 1892, mss.) Wyre Forest, Arley Wood and Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Leiocolea turbinata | Top Notchwort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Lejeunea cavifolia | Micheli’s Least Pouncewort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Lejeunea lamacerina | Western Pouncewort | Local | |
| Liverwort | Lepidozia reptans | Creeping Fingerwort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Lophocolea bidentata | Bifid Crestwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | Lophocolea heterophylla | Variable-leaved Crestwort | Ubiquitous | |
| Liverwort | (Lophozia bicrenata) | Lesser Notchwort | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1909). |
| Liverwort | Lophozia excisa | Capitate Notchwort | Rare | Wyre Forest and Sandbourne, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1913). Postensplain (Lawley, 2008). |
| Liverwort | (Lophozia incisa) | Jagged/Alpine Jagged Notchwort | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) |
| Liverwort | Lophozia ventricosa | Tumid Notchwort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Lunularia cruciata | Crescent-cup Liverwort | Widespread | |
| Liverwort | Marchantia polymorpha | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Marchantia polymorpha ssp. ruderalis | Rare | Ribbesford Wood (Duncan, 1912). Mawley drive (Lawley, 2010). Wyre Forest Visitor Centre (Winnall, 2010). | |
| Liverwort | Marsupella emarginata | Rare | Wyre Forest and Seckley Wood (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.). Near Sorbus domestica (J.A. Paton, 1959). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Liverwort | (Marsupella funckii) | (Rare) | Ribbesford Wood (Duncan, 1912). | |
| Liverwort | Metzgeria conjugata | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Metzgeria consanguinea – see M. temperata | |||
| Liverwort | Metzgeria fruticulosa | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Metzgeria furcata | Ubiquitous | ||
| Liverwort | Metzgeria temperata | Rare | Ribbesford Wood (BBS, 2004). Baveney Brook (Lawley, 2004). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Liverwort | Metzgeria violacea – see M. fruticulosa | |||
| Liverwort | Microlejeunea ulicina | Rare | Skeys Wood (Lawley, 2004). Wood west of Far Forest Church (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Liverwort | Nardia scalaris | Rare | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). Dowles Brook (SO 7376) (Fraser, 2007). | |
| Liverwort | Nowellia curvifolia | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Pellia endiviifolia | Ubiquitous | ||
| Liverwort | Pellia epiphylla | Ubiquitous | ||
| Liverwort | Pellia neesiana | Rare | Dowles Brook (SO 743749) (Hodgetts, 1984) | |
| Liverwort | Plagiochila asplenioides | Widespread | ||
| Liverwort | Plagiochila britannica | Scarce | Dowles Brook (SO 741762) (BBS, 2004). Park Brook (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Longdon Wood (Lawley, 2009). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Liverwort | Plagiochila porelloides | Ubiquitous | ||
| Liverwort | (Plagiochila spinulosa) | (Rare) | Beaucastle Brook (Duncan, 1907). Gladder Brook (Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1916). | |
| Liverwort | (Porella arboris-vitae) | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (W.B. Allen, 1906). Skeys Wood and Wyre Forest (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Liverwort | Porella cordaeana | Rare | Ribbesford Wood (M.O. Hill and R.D. Porley, 2004). | |
| Liverwort | Porella platyphylla | Scarce | Wyre Forest and Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Baveney (Fraser and Lawley, 2006). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Liverwort | Ptilidium ciliare | Rare | Hawkbatch Valleys (M. Lilley, 2007). | |
| Liverwort | Ptilidium pulcherrimum | Rare | Park Brook and railway line (SO 7576) (BBS, 2004). | |
| Liverwort | Radula complanata | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Riccardia chamedryfolia | Scarce | Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). Hitterhill (BBS, 2004). Neenshill Coppice (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Hurst Coppice (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). New Parks (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). | |
| Liverwort | Riccardia multifida | Rare | Dowles (SO 743762) (Lawley, 2001). Great Bog (BBS, 2004). | |
| Liverwort | Riccardia palmata | Rare | Baveney (Fraser, 2007). Great Bog, New Parks (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Liverwort | (Riccia sorocarpa) | (Rare) | Hoarstone, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Liverwort | Saccogyna viticulosa | Local | ||
| Liverwort | (Scapania compacta) | (Rare) | Seckley Dingle (J.H. Thompson, 1866). | |
| Liverwort | (Scapania gracilis) | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Liverwort | Scapania irrigua | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Scapania nemorea | Widespread | ||
| Liverwort | Scapania undulata | Widespread | ||
| Liverwort | Solenostoma gracillimum – see Jungermannia gracillima | |||
| Liverwort | Solenostoma hyalinum – see Jungermannia hyalina | |||
| Liverwort | Solenostoma sphaerocarpum – see Jungermannia sphaerocarpa | |||
| Liverwort | Trichocolea tomentella | Local | ||
| Liverwort | Tritomaria exsectiformis | Rare | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1911, 1916). Breakneck Bank (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). | |
| Liverwort | (Tritomaria quinquedentata) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and Seckley Wood (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1910). | |
| Moss | (Abietinella abietina) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (J.H. Thompson, 1866). | |
| Moss | (Aloina aloides) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and Trimpley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | (Aloina ambigua) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Amblystegium fluviatile – see Hygroamblystegium fluviatile | |||
| Moss | Amblystegium serpens | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Amblystegium tenax – see Hygroamblystegium tenax | |||
| Moss | Amblystegium varium | Rare | River Severn near Dowles (Lawley, 2009). R. Severn near Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). New Parks (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | (Amphidium mougeotii) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Anomodon viticulosus | Local | ||
| Moss | (Aphanorhegma patens) | (Rare) | Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | (Antitrichia curtipendula) | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1916). | |
| Moss | Archidium alternifolium | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Atrichum undulatum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Aulacomnium androgynum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Aulacomnium palustre | Scarce | Mad Brook (Duncan, 1901). Seckley (Bot. Worcs.). Cleobury Coppice (Duncan, 1912). Hawkbatch and near Knowles Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Barbula convoluta | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Barbula convoluta var. commutata – see B. sardoa | |||
| Moss | Barbula sardoa | Scarce | Ribbesford Churchyard (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Arable fields, Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Barbula unguiculata | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Bartramia pomiformis | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). | |
| Moss | Brachytheciastrum velutinum – see Brachythecium velutinum | |||
| Moss | Brachythecium albicans | Local | ||
| Moss | Brachythecium glareosum | Rare | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Brachythecium mildeanum | Rare | North Wood, Bewdley; Wyre Forest, Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Seckley (J.M. Holmes, 1960). R. Severn near Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Brachythecium plumosum | Local | ||
| Moss | Brachythecium populeum | Scarce | Wyre Forest and Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Park Brook and Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004). Ribbesford Wood (Lawley, 2004). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Brachythecium rivulare | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Brachythecium rutabulum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Brachythecium velutinum | Local | ||
| Moss | [Bryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens] | [Rare] | “Wyre Forest” (Duncan, 1902). | |
| Moss | Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum | Local | ||
| Moss | Bryum argenteum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Bryum bicolor – see B. dichotomum | |||
| Moss | (Bryum bimum) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and Jockey Brook, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Bryum bornholmense | Rare | “Wyre” (Duncan, 1904). Hitterhill Coppice (R.C. Stern, 2004). | |
| Moss | Bryum caespiticium | Scarce | Breakneck Bank (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Bowcastle (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009). Railway line north of Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Bryum capillare | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Bryum dichotomum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Bryum gemmiferum | Rare | River Severn at Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | (Bryum intermedium) | (Rare) | Railway cutting near Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Bryum klinggraeffii | Rare | Longdon (SO 749766) (Lawley, 2008). Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Bryum laevifilum | Scarce | Dowles Manor (Lawley, 2003). Dowles/Lodge Hill Farm (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Baveney Brook (Lawley, 2004). Knowles Coppice (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). | |
| Moss | (Bryum pallens) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Bryum pallescens | Rare | Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Bryum pseudotriquetrum | Local | ||
| Moss | Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum – see B. bimum | |||
| Moss | Bryum radiculosum | Rare | Bowcastle (Lawley, 2004; Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Railway line at Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Bryum rubens | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Bryum ruderale | Local | ||
| Moss | Bryum subapiculatum | Rare | Park Brook (BBS, 2004). Pound Green Common (Lawley, 2003). Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Bryum moravicum – see B. laevifilum | |||
| Moss | [Bryum uliginosum] | [Rare] | “Bewdley” (Duncan, 1900). | |
| Moss | (Buxbaumia aphylla) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (Duncan, 1899). | |
| Moss | Calliergon cordifolium | Rare | Cleobury Coppice (Duncan, 1912). Hawkbatch (SO 763775) (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Calliergon stramineum – see Straminergon stramineum | |||
| Moss | Calliergonella cuspidata | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Calliergonella lindbergii | Widespread | ||
| Moss | (Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Campylium protensum | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Campylium stellatum | Local | ||
| Moss | Campylopus flexuosus | Local | ||
| Moss | Campylopus fragilis | Rare | Winterdyne, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Coachroad Coppice (Duncan, 1912). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Campylopus introflexus | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Campylopus pyriformis | Local | ||
| Moss | Ceratodon purpureus | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Cinclidotus fontinaloides | Local | Frequent in and beside the River Severn. Also in R. Rea at Mawley. | |
| Moss | Cirriphyllum crassinervium | Local | ||
| Moss | Cirriphyllum piliferum | Local | ||
| Moss | Cratoneuron filicinum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Cryphaea heteromalla | Scarce | Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). Pound Green Common (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Ctenidium molluscum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Cynodontium bruntonii – see Oreoweisia bruntonii | |||
| Moss | Dialytrichia mucronata | Rare | Dowles Brook at The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | (Dichodontium flavescens) | (Rare) | Gladder Brook (Duncan, 1909). | |
| Moss | (Dichodontium palustre) | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1908). | |
| Moss | Dichodontium pellucidum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Dicranella heteromalla | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Dicranella palustris – see Dichodontium palustre | |||
| Moss | Dicranella rufescens | Rare | Seckley Wood and Gladder Brook (Bot. Worcs.). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Longdon Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Dicranella schreberiana | Local | ||
| Moss | Dicranella staphylina | Scarce | Ribbesford (Fraser and Lawley, 2007; 2008). Longdon Wood (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Dicranella varia | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Dicranoweisia cirrata | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Dicranum bonjeanii | Rare | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1908). Great Bog (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Dicranum fuscescens | Rare | Baveney (Lawley, 2007). Withybed Wood (Lawley, 2011). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Dicranum majus | Local | ||
| Moss | Dicranum montanum | Local | ||
| Moss | Dicranum scoparium | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Dicranum tauricum | Local | ||
| Moss | Didymodon acutus | Rare | Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009) | |
| Moss | Didymodon fallax | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Didymodon insulanus | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Didymodon luridus | Local | ||
| Moss | Didymodon nicholsonii | Local | ||
| Moss | Didymodon rigidulus | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Didymodon sinuosus | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Didymodon spadiceus | Local | ||
| Moss | Didymodon tophaceus | Local | ||
| Moss | Didymodon vinealis | Rare | Wyre Forest and Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Buttonoak/Dowles (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). Bowcastle (Lawley, 2004). | |
| Moss | Ditrichum cylindricum – see Trichodon cylindricum | |||
| Moss | Ditrichum heteromallum | Rare | Bowcastle (Lawley, 2004). Longdon Wood (Lawley, 2009). Far Forest churchyard (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Drepanocladus aduncus | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Hawkbatch (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Drepanocladus revolvens –see Scorpidium revolvens | |||
| Moss | Encalypta streptocarpa | Scarce | Bewdley, Arley Wood and Dowles (Bot. Worcs.). Mawley (Lawley, 2001, 2011). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Encalypta vulgaris | Rare | Ribbesford (Bot. Worcs.). Breakneck Bank (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1998, 1999). | |
| Moss | Entosthodon fascicularis | Rare | Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Entosthodon obtusus | Rare | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1911). “Wyre” (H.H. Knight, 1919). Great Bog (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Ephemerum minutissimum | Rare | Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). Longdon Wood (Lawley, 2009). Far Forest churchyard (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | (Ephemerum serratum s.l.) | (Rare) | Stagbury Hill and Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Ephemerum serratum s.s. | Rare | Skeys Wood (Lawley, 2004). New Parks (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Epipterygium tozeri | Rare | River Severn near Dowles (Lawley, 2009). R. Severn at Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Eucladium verticillatum | Local | ||
| Moss | Eurhynchium crassinervium – see Cirriphyllum crassinervium | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium hians – see Oxyrrhynchium hians | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium praelongum – see Kindbergia praelonga | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium pumilum – see Rhynchostegiella pumila | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium schleicheri – see Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium speciosum – see Oxyrrhynchium speciosum | |||
| Moss | Eurhynchium striatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Fissidens adianthoides | Local | ||
| Moss | Fissidens bryoides | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Fissidens celticus | Rare | Seckley (T.L. Blockeel, 1993; Lawley, 2001). Wood west of Far Forest Church (SO 7275754, Lawley 2011). | |
| Moss | Fissidens crassipes | Local | ||
| Moss | Fissidens dubius | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Fissidens exiguus | Rare | Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). River Severn at Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Fissidens exilis | Scarce | Gladder Brook and North Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Buttonoak/Dowles (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). Dowles/Lodge Hill Farm (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Baveney Brook (Lawley, 2004). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Fissidens fontanus – see Octodiceras fontanum | |||
| Moss | Fissidens gracilifolius | Rare | New Parks (Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Fissidens incurvus | Rare | Chamberline/Withybed (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Fissidens osmundoides | Rare | Hitterhill (Lawley, 2004). Baveney (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). | |
| Moss | Fissidens pusillus | Local | ||
| Moss | Fissidens rivularis | Rare | River Severn near Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Fissidens rufulus | Rare | Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Fissidens taxifolius | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Fissidens viridulus | Local | ||
| Moss | Fontinalis antipyretica | Scarce | Wyre Frost and River Severn, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). River Severn, Bewdley (J.H. Thompson, 1855). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Seckley (BBS, 2004). Dowles Brook (SO 741762) (A. Hill, 2006). | |
| Moss | (Fontinalis squamosa) | (Rare) | River Severn between Bewdley and Arley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Funaria hygrometrica | Local | ||
| Moss | Grimmia pulvinata | Local | ||
| Moss | Grimmia trichophylla | Local | ||
| Moss | Gyroweisia tenuis | Local | ||
| Moss | Hennediella stanfordensis | Scarce | River Severn, Ribbesford (R.J. Fisk, 1978). River Severn, Seckley (Lawley, 2004). | |
| Moss | Heterocladium flaccidum | Local | ||
| Moss | Heterocladium heteropterum | Local | ||
| Moss | Homalia trichomanoides | Local | ||
| Moss | (Homalothecium lutescens) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Homalothecium sericeum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Hookeria lucens | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Hygroamblystegium fluviatile | Local | ||
| Moss | Hygroamblystegium tenax | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Hygroamblystegium varium – see Amblystegium varium | |||
| Moss | Hygrohypnum luridum | Local | ||
| Moss | Hylocomium brevirostre – see Loeskeobryum brevirostre | |||
| Moss | Hylocomium splendens | Local | ||
| Moss | Hypnum andoi | Local | ||
| Moss | Hypnum cupressiforme | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Hypnum jutlandicum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Hypnum lacunosum var. lacunosum | Rare | Willow Bank, Bliss Gate (Lawley, 2005). Railway line north of Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Hypnum lindbergii – see Calliergonella lindbergii | |||
| Moss | Hypnum resupinatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Isothecium alopecuroides | Local | ||
| Moss | Isothecium myosuroides | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Kindbergia praelonga | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Leptobryum pyriforme | Scarce | Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Willow Bank, Bliss Gate (Lawley, 2005). Bowcastle (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Leptodictyum riparium | Local | ||
| Moss | (Leptodontium flexifolium) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Leskea polycarpa | Local | ||
| Moss | Leucobryum glaucum | Local | ||
| Moss | Leucobryum juniperoideum | Local | ||
| Moss | (Leucodon sciuroides) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and Crundalls, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | (Loeskeobryum brevirostre) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). | |
| Moss | Microbryum davallianum | Rare | Bell Coppice (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Mnium hornum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Mnium marginatum | Scarce | River Severn, Seckley (Bot. Worcs.). River Severn, near Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). Arley (Lawley, 2009). River Severn near Dowles (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Mnium stellare | Local | ||
| Moss | Neckera complanata | Local | ||
| Moss | Neckera crispa | Local | ||
| Moss | Octodiceras fontanum | Rare | River Severn, Bewdley (Duncan, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1929). Seckley (D.T. Holyoak, 1992). | |
| Moss | (Oreoweisia bruntonii) | (Rare) | Seckley Wood and Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.) | |
| Moss | Orthodontium lineare | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Orthotrichum affine | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Orthotrichum anomalum | Scarce | Bowcastle (Lawley, 2004; Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Willow Bank, Bliss Gate (Lawley, 2005), Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). Bewdley railway station (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum cupulatum | Scarce | Dowles Brook and Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.), Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). Cleobury Coppice (Lawley, 2012). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum diaphanum | Local | ||
| Moss | Orthotrichum lyellii | Scarce | Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Dowles Brook (SO 7376) (Fraser, 2007). Ribbesford Wood (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Withybed Wood (Fraser, 2009; Lawley, 2011). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum pulchellum | Scarce | Ribbesford (BBS, 2004; Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Mawley: Bayton stream (Lawley, 2010, 2011). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum rivulare | Scarce | River Severn, Seckley (Bagnall, 1895; BBS 2004). River Severn, Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). River Severn, Dowles Manor (Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum sprucei | Scarce | River Severn, Ribbesford (T.L. Blockeel, 1986; BBS, 2004). River Severn, Seckley (BBS, 2004). Bottom of Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Orthotrichum stramineum | Local | ||
| Moss | Orthotrichum tenellum | Rare | Brand Wood (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Withybed Wood (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Oxyrrhynchium hians | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Oxyrrhynchium pumilum – see Rhynchostegiella pumila | |||
| Moss | Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri | Rare | Dowles Brook (SO 741762) (BBS, 2004). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). Mawley (J. Day, 2011). | |
| Moss | Oxyrrhynchium speciosum | Rare | New Parks (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Pound Green Common (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Palustriella commutata | Local | ||
| Moss | Palustriella falcata | Local | ||
| Moss | Phascum cuspidatum | Scarce | Ribbesford (Fraser and Lawley, 2007; 2008). Pound Green (Lawley, 2003; 2007). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | (Philonotis arnellii) | (Rare) | Bewdley (Duncan, 1906). Wyre Forest and Rhydd Covert near Blakeshall (Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre Forest” (W.B. Grove, 1926). | |
| Moss | Philonotis fontana | Rare | Brook east of Buttonoak (J.H. Thompson, 1866). Wyre Forest and Seckley (Bot. Worcs.). Longdon (SO 749766) (Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Physcomitrium pyriforme | Rare | Golden Valley, Bewdley (Duncan, 1908). Stagbury Hill (Bot. Worcs.). Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Plagiomnium affine | Scarce | Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). Lodge Hill Farm (BBS, 2004). River Severn, Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | (Plagiomnium cuspidatum) | (Rare) | Gladder Brook and Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). “Wyre Forest” (Duncan, 1913). | |
| Moss | Plagiomnium ellipticum | Rare | Buttonoak/Dowles (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). | |
| Moss | Plagiomnium rostratum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Plagiomnium undulatum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Plagiothecium curvifolium | Local | ||
| Moss | Plagiothecium denticulatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Plagiothecium laetum | Rare | Hawkbatch and Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Plagiothecium latebricola | Scarce | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (C.H. Binstead, 1903). Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Bewdley (Duncan, 1920). Ribbesford Wood (BBS, 2004). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Plagiothecium nemorale | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Plagiothecium succulentum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Plagiothecium undulatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Platygyrium repens | Scarce | Mawley: River Rea (Lawley, 2001; A. Hill, 2011) and Bayton stream (Lawley, 2010). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2003). Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Platyhypnidium riparioides | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Pleuridium acuminatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Pleuridium subulatum | Rare | Ribbesford Wood (Duncan, 1900). Wyre Forest and North Wood, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). River Severn, Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Pleurozium schreberi | Local | ||
| Moss | Pogonatum aloides | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Pogonatum nanum | Rare | “Wyre Forest” (Duncan, 1904). Rhydd Covert, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Pogonatum urnigerum | Scarce | Wyre Forest and over railway tunnel, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Fastings Coppice (Duncan, 1911). Brand Wood (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Pohlia annotina | Scarce | “Wyre Forest” (So 7576) (Duncan, 1908). Rhydd Covert, Bewdley (Bot. Wrocs.). Buttonoak/Dowles (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). | |
| Moss | Pohlia drummondii | Rare | Brand Wood (Lawley, 2007). | |
| Moss | Pohlia melanodon | Local | ||
| Moss | Pohlia nutans | Local | ||
| Moss | Pohlia wahlenbergii | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Polytrichastrum formosum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Polytrichastrum longisetum | Scarce | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004). Lodge Hill Farm (BBS, 2004). Baveney (Fraser and Lawley, 2006). New Parks (Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Polytrichum commune | Rare | Seckley Wood and Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Hawkbatch and Knowles Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Polytrichum juniperinum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Polytrichum longisetum – see Polytrichastrum longisetum | |||
| Moss | Polytrichum piliferum | Local | ||
| Moss | Pseudephemerum nitidum | Rare | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1907). “Wyre Forest, streams” (BBS, 2004). Longdon Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum | Scarce | Near Sorbus domestica (J.A. Paton, 1959). River Severn, Ribbesford (BBS, 2004). Pound Green Common (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Longdon (Lawley, 2008). Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Pseudocrossidium revolutum | Scarce | Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Willow Bank, Bliss Gate (Lawley, 2005). Ribbesford (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Railway line north of Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). Mawley (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Pseudoscleropodium purum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | (Ptychomitrium polyphyllum) | (Rare) | Seckley (Bagnall, 1895). Wyre Forest and railway cutting, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | Racomitrium aciculare | Local | ||
| Moss | (Racomitrium canescens s.l.) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | Racomitrium ericoides | Rare | Pipeline, Longdon (Lawley, 2008, 2009). Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | (Racomitrium fasciculare) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1907). | |
| Moss | Racomitrium heterostichum | Rare | Bewdley and Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Ribbesford Churchyard (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). Withybed Wood (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | (Racomitrium lanuginosum) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest and railway cutting, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | (Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1902). Wyre Forest, railway bank near Bewdley and Rock Coppice, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | Rhizomnium punctatum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | (Rhodobryum roseum) | (Rare) | Wyre Forest, Eymore Wood and Ribbesford Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Seckley Wood (J.H. Thompson, ex. herb. J. Fraser, 1867). “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1900; anon., 1913). Near Dowles Manor House (J.A. Paton, 1959). | |
| Moss | Rhynchostegiella curviseta | Scarce | Ribbesford Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). River Severn at and near Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Rhynchostegiella pumila | Local | ||
| Moss | Rhynchostegiella tenella | Local | ||
| Moss | Rhynchostegiella teneriffae | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Rhynchostegium confertum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | (Rhynchostegium megapolitanum) | (Rare) | “SO 77” (Bagnall, 1903). Dowles Brook (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | Rhynchostegium murale | Rare | Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Bowcastle (Lawley, 2004). Hitterhill coppice (Lawley, 2004). Railway line north of Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Rhynchostegium riparioides – see Platyhypnidium riparioides | |||
| Moss | Rhytidiadelphus loreus | Local | ||
| Moss | Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus | Scarce | Wyre Forest and Gladder Brook (Bot. Worcs.). Breakneck Bank (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1998, 1999). Great Bog (Lawley, 2001). Dowles Brook (SO 741762) (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Sanionia uncinata | Rare | near Dowles Brook and Wyre Forest, 1890 (Bot. Worcs.). Withybed Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Schistidium apocarpum | Scarce | Seckley (BBS, 2004). Dowles Brook/Lodge Hill Farm (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). New Parks (Lawley, 2009). Withybed Wood (Lawley, 2009). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Schistidium crassipilum | Local | ||
| Moss | Schistidium elegantulum | Rare | Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Schistidium rivulare | Rare | Dowles Brook (SO 7677) (Duncan, 1908). Dowles Brook (Longdon Wood, SO 7576) (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Sciuro-hypnum plumosum – see Brachythecium plumosum | |||
| Moss | Sciuro-hypnum populeum – see Brachythecium populeum | |||
| Moss | Scleropodium cespitans | Local | ||
| Moss | Scleropodium purum – see Pseudoscleropodium purum | |||
| Moss | (Scleropodium tourettii) | (Rare) | “Bewdley, Bache’s [Bark?] Hill” (Duncan, 1903). | |
| Moss | (Scorpidium cossonii) | (Rare) | Beaucastle, 1903 (Journal of Botany). Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | (Scorpidium revolvens) | (Rare) | “Wyre” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1901). Seckley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). | |
| Moss | Scorpidium scorpioides | Rare | Buttonoak/Dowles (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). | |
| Moss | Seligeria pusilla | Rare | High Oak Coppice (Lawley, 2002). | |
| Moss | (Seligeria recurvata) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1906). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum angustifolium | Local | ||
| Moss | Sphagnum capillifolium | Rare | “Wyre Forest” (J.H. Thompson, 1866). Near Knowles Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum capillifolium ssp. rubellum | Rare | Town Coppice (M. Pool, 2004). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum denticulatum | Rare | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (W.P. Hamilton, 1902). Seckley Wood and Arley Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Dowles Brook/Lodge Hill Farm (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Brand Wood (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Hurst Coppice (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum fallax | Rare | Dowles Brook (SO 743749) (Hodgetts, 1984). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum fimbriatum | Local | ||
| Moss | Sphagnum girgensohnii | Rare | Hawkbatch (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum inundatum | Local | ||
| Moss | Sphagnum palustre | Local | ||
| Moss | (Sphagnum papillosum) | (Rare) | Rock Coppice (Duncan, 1899). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum quinquefarium | Scarce | “Wyre Forest” (Duncan, 1900). Town Coppice (M. Pool, 2004). Knowles Coppice railway line (BBS, 2004; Lawley 2011). Pound Green (Lawley, 2003). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum squarrosum | Rare | Hitterhill Coppice (BBS, 2004). Hawkbatch (Lawley, 2004). | |
| Moss | Sphagnum subnitens | Local | ||
| Moss | (Straminergon stramineum) | (Rare) | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1901). | |
| Moss | Syntrichia intermedia | Local | ||
| Moss | Syntrichia laevipila | Scarce | Mad Brook (Duncan, 1901). Wyre Forest and Crundalls, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Seckley (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Syntrichia latifolia | Local | ||
| Moss | Syntrichia montana – see S. intermedia | |||
| Moss | Syntrichia ruralis | Rare | Shatterford, near Bewdley (Duncan, 1901). Ribbesford (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Taxiphyllum wissgrillii | Scarce | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Ribbesford Wood (BBS, 2004). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Tetraphis pellucida | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Thamnobryum alopecurum | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Thuidium recognitum | Rare | Wyre Forest (Duncan, Bot. Worcs.). Railway near Knowles Coppice (BBS, 2004). | |
| Moss | Thuidium tamariscinum | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Tortella bambergeri | Rare | Dowles Brook near Lodge Farm (Lawley, 2007). New Parks (Lawley, 2009). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Tortella tortuosa | Scarce | “Wyre Forest” (SO 7576) (Duncan, 1904). Park Brook (Lawley, 2004). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). Bewdley (Lawley, 2009). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Tortula acaulon – see Phascum cuspidatum | |||
| Moss | Tortula marginata | Rare | Seckley (Bagnall, 1895). Aqueduct stonework (SO 7377, Lawley, 2009). Railway line north of Bewdley (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Tortula modica | Rare | Stagborough (Duncan, 1900). Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Ribbesford (Fraser and Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Tortula muralis | Ubiquitous | ||
| Moss | Tortula subulata | Rare | Rhydd Covert and Lye Head, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Breakneck Bank (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). | |
| Moss | Tortula truncata | Local | ||
| Moss | Trichodon cylindricus | Local | ||
| Moss | Trichostomum brachydontium | Local | ||
| Moss | Trichostomum crispulum | Local | ||
| Moss | Trichostomum tenuirostre | Local | ||
| Moss | Ulota bruchii | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Ulota crispa | Local | ||
| Moss | Ulota phyllantha | Rare | Ribbesford, near Glebe Cottage (Fraser and Lawley, 2007). Joan’s Hole (Lawley, 2010). | |
| Moss | Warnstorfia exannulata | Rare | Wyre Forest and Rock Coppice, Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Hawkbatch (SO 763775) (Lawley, 2004). | |
| Moss | Warnstorfia fluitans | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Park Brook (Lawley, 2004). | |
| Moss | Weissia brachycarpa var. obliqua | Scarce | Stagbury, Arley Wood and Bewdley (Bot. Worcs.). Longdon Orchard (R.F. Shoubridge and Lawley, 1999). Mawley (Lawley, 2001). Knowles Coppice (Lawley, 2002). Willow Bank, Bliss Gate (Lawley, 2005). Alton brownfield site, Long Bank (Lawley, 2009). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Weissia controversa | Widespread | ||
| Moss | Weissia longifolia var. longifolia | Rare | Ribbesford (Lawley, 2009). | |
| Moss | Weissia rutilans | Rare | Eymore Wood (J.H. Thompson, “from Dr. Griffiths”, 1871). Worrall’s Grove, Eymore Wood (Lawley, 2009). Wyre Forest, Gladder Brook and Ribbesford Wood (Bot. Worcs.). Postensplain (Lawley, 2005). | |
| Moss | Zygodon conoideus | Local | ||
| Moss | Zygodon rupestris | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Seckley (Lawley, 2004). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2008). | |
| Moss | Zygodon stirtonii | Rare | Wyre Forest (Bot. Worcs.). Chamberline Wood (Lawley, 2011). The Bank (SO 7276, Lawley, 2011). | |
| Moss | Zygodon viridissimus | Local | ||
| Moss | Zygodon viridissimus var. stirtonii – see Z. stirtonii |