Preliminary list of mosses recorded from the Whitby area

This is a simple list of mosses species recorded from the Whitby area. For further information about mosses from the Whitby area, please contact the Club's Bryophytes recorder on bryophytes@whitbynaturalists.uk 

 ●  Aloina aloides [Common Aloe-moss]
 ●  Amblystegium serpens [Creeping Feather moss]
 ●  Atrichum undulatum [Common Smooth Cap Moss]
 ●  Aulacomnium androgynum [Drumsticks]
 ●  Barbula convoluta var. convoluta [Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss]
 ●  Barbula convoluta var. sardoa [Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss]
 ●  Barbula unguiculata [Bird's-claw Beard-moss]
 ●  Brachythecium albicans [Whitish Feather-moss]
 ●  Brachythecium glareosum [Streaky Feather-moss]
 ●  Brachythecium populeum [Matted Feather-moss]
 ●  Brachythecium rivulare [River Feather-moss]
 ●  Brachythecium rutabulum [Rough-stalked Feather-moss]
 ●  Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum [Red Beard-moss]
 ●  Bryum argenteum [Silver Moss]
 ●  Bryum capillare [Capillary Thread-moss]
 ●  Bryum dichotomum [Bicoloured Bryum]
 ●  Bryum gemmiferum [Small-bud Bryum]
 ●  Bryum intermedium
 ●  Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. pseudotriquetrum [Marsh Bryum]
 ●  Bryum rubens [Crimson-tuber Thread-moss]
 ●  Bryum uliginosum
 ●  Calliergonella cuspidata [Pointed Spear-moss]
 ●  Campylium protensum [Dull Starry Feather-moss]
 ●  Campylium stellatum [Yellow Starry Feather-moss]
 ●  Campylopus introflexus [Heath Star-moss]
 ●  Ceratodon purpureus [Redshank]
 ●  Cirriphyllum piliferum [Hair-pointed Feather-moss]
 ●  Cratoneuron filicinum [Fern-leaved Hook-moss]
 ●  Ctenidium molluscum [Comb-moss]
 ●  Dichodontium pellucidum [Transparent Fork-moss]
 ●  Dicranella heteromalla [Silky Forlet-moss]
 ●  Dicranella rufescens [Rufous Forklet-moss]
 ●  Dicranella schreberiana [Schreber's Forklet-moss]
 ●  Dicranella staphylina [Field Forklet-moss]
 ●  Dicranella varia [Variable Forklet-moss]
 ●  Dicranoweisia cirrata [Common Pincushion]
 ●  Dicranum fuscescens [Dusky Fork-moss]
 ●  Dicranum majus [Greater Fork-moss]
 ●  Dicranum scoparium [Broom Fork-moss]
 ●  Dicranum tauricum [Fragile fork-moss]
 ●  Didymodon fallax [False Beard-moss]
 ●  Didymodon insulanus [Cylindric Beard-moss]
 ●  Didymodon spadiceus [Brown Beard-moss]
 ●  Didymodon tophaceus [Olive Beard-moss]
 ●  Ditrichum pusillum [Brown Ditrichum]
 ●  Drepanocladus aduncus [Knief's Hook-moss]
 ●  Eucladium verticillatum [Whorled Tufa-moss]
 ●  Eurhynchium pumilum [Dwarf Feather-moss]
 ●  Eurhynchium striatum [Common Striated Feather-moss]
 ●  Fissidens bryoides [Lesser Pocket-moss]
 ●  Fissidens crassipes [Fatfoot Pocket-moss]
 ●  Fissidens pusillus [Petty Pocket-moss]
 ●  Fissidens taxifolius [Common Pocket-moss]
 ●  Funaria hygrometrica [Bonfire-moss]
 ●  Grimmia pulvinata [Grey-cushioned Grimmia]
 ●  Gyroweisia tenuis [Slender Stubble-moss]
 ●  Heterocladium heteropterum var. heteropterum [Wry-leaved Tamarisk-moss]
 ●  Homalothecium sericeum [Silky Wall Feather-moss]
 ●  Hookeria lucens [Shining Hookeria]
 ●  Hygroamblystegium tenax [Fountain Feather-moss]
 ●  Hygrohypnum luridum [Drab Brook-moss]
 ●  Hypnum andoi [Mamillate Plait-moss]
 ●  Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme [Cypress-leaved Plait-moss]
 ●  Hypnum jutlandicum [Heath Plait-moss]
 ●  Hypnum lacunosum var. lacunosum [Great Plait-moss]
 ●  Hypnum lacunosum var. tectorum [Roof Plait-moss]
 ●  Hypnum resupinatum [Supine Plait-moss]
 ●  Isothecium alopecuroides [Larger Mouse-tail Moss]
 ●  Isothecium myosuroides var. myosuroides [Mouse-tail Moss]
 ●  Kindbergia praelongum [Common Feather-moss]
 ●  Leptobryum pyriforme [Golden Thread-moss]
 ●  Leptodictyum riparium [Kneiff's Feather moss]
 ●  Mnium hornum [Swan's-neck Thyme-moss]
 ●  Mnium stellare [Starry Thyme-moss]
 ●  Neckera complanata [Flat Neckera]
 ●  Orthodontium lineare [Cape Thread-moss]
 ●  Orthotrichum affine [Wood Bristle-moss]
 ●  Orthotrichum anomalum [Anomalous Bristle-moss]
 ●  Orthotrichum diaphanum [White-tipped Bristle-moss]
 ●  Orthotrichum stramineum [Straw Bristle-moss]
 ●  Oxyrrhynchium hians [Swartz's Feather-moss]
 ●  Palustriella commutata var. commutata [Curled Hook-moss]
 ●  Phascum cuspidatum [Cuspidate Earth-moss]
 ●  Philonotis fontana [Fountain Apple-moss]
 ●  Physcomitrium pyriforme [Common Bladder-moss]
 ●  Plagiomnium affine [Many-fruited Thyme-moss]
 ●  Plagiomnium rostratum [Long-beaked Thyme-moss]
 ●  Plagiomnium undulatum [Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss]
 ●  Plagiothecium denticulatum var. denticulatum [Dentated Silk-moss]
 ●  Plagiothecium nemorale [Woodsy Silk-moss]
 ●  Plagiothecium undulatum [Waved Silk-moss]
 ●  Platyhypnidium riparioides [Long-beaked Water Feather-moss]
 ●  Pohlia melanodon [Pink-fruited Thread-moss]
 ●  Pohlia nutans [Nodding Thread-moss]
 ●  Pohlia wahlenbergii [Pale glaucous Thread -moss]
 ●  Polytrichastrum formosum [Bank Haircap]
 ●  Polytrichum juniperinum [Juniper Haircap]
 ●  Polytrichum piliferum [Bristly Haircap]
 ●  Pseudephemerum nitidum [Delicate Earth-moss]
 ●  Pseudoscleropodium purum [Neat Feather-moss]
 ●  Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans [Elegant Silk-moss]
 ●  Rhizomnium punctatum [Dotted Thyme-moss]
 ●  Rhynchostegiella curviseta [Curve-stalked Feather-moss]
 ●  Rhynchostegiella teneriffae [Teesdale Feather-moss]
 ●  Rhynchostegium confertum [Clustered Feather-moss]
 ●  Rhytidiadelphus loreus [Little Shaggy-moss]
 ●  Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus [Springy Turf-moss]
 ●  Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus [Big Shaggy-moss]
 ●  Schistidium apocarpum s.l. [Sessile Grimmia]
 ●  Schistidium crassipilum [Thickpoint Grimmia]
 ●  Sphagnum cuspidatum [Feathery Bog-moss]
 ●  Sphagnum fimbriatum [Fringed Bog-moss]
 ●  Sphagnum palustre [Blunt-leaved Bog-moss]
 ●  Sphagnum squarrosum [Spiky Bog-moss]
 ●  Syntrichia intermedia [Intermediate Screw-moss]
 ●  Syntrichia latifolia [Water Screw-moss]
 ●  Syntrichia ruraliformis [Sand-hill Screw-moss]
 ●  Syntrichia ruralis [Great Hairy Screw-moss]
 ●  Thamnobryum alopecurum [Fox-tail Feather-moss]
 ●  Thuidium tamariscinum [Common Tamarisk-moss]
 ●  Tortula freibergii
 ●  Tortula muralis [Wall Screw-moss]
 ●  Tortula truncata [Common Pottia]
 ●  Trichostomum brachydontium [Variable Crisp-moss]
 ●  Trichostomum crispulum [Curly Crisp-moss]
 ●  Ulota bruchii [Bruch's Pincushion]
 ●  Ulota phyllantha [Frizzled Pincushion]
 ●  Warnstorfia fluitans [Floating Hook-moss]
 ●  Weissia controversa [Green-tufted Stubble-moss]
 ●  Zygodon conoideus [Lesser Yoke-moss]
 ●  Zygodon viridissimus var. viridissimus [Green Yoke-moss]
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