Looking after Green Shield-moss (Buxbaumia viridis) and ... - Plantlife

BACK FROM THE BRINK MANAGEMENT SERIES
Summary of management
recommendations for Green Shieldmoss
(Buxbaumia viridis)
Even the most simple management to increase
the volume of dead wood will be worthwhile.
● Include a deadwood policy in the site
management plan
● Leave all fallen trees in situ.
● Leave individual logs, not neatly stacked
piles.
● Actively manage and fell to create
deadwood logs of at least 20cm diameter,
during routine forestry operations, aiming
for a minimum of 5m 3 per ha.
● Favour sites adjacent to watercourses or
sheltered, humid areas for deadwood
creation and retention.
● Ensure a continuous supply of coarse
woody debris.
● Extend rotation of commercial
compartments if possible, to increase the
volume of coarse woody debris.
● Utilise broadleaf areas within commercial
stands to create deadwood habitat.
● Fell a few trees from commercial
compartments into broadleaf areas.
● Leave tangles of wind-throw to become a
patch of dead wood within re-stock sites,
allowing sufficient distance between the
logs and new crops so that enough light
can penetrate.
● Where possible, move remaining logs in
clear fell areas to more suitable sites.
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Who to contact for advice
If you think you have Buxbaumia viridis in your
woodland and would like some specialist
support, then please contact:
Plantlife Scotland
Balallan House
Allan Park
Stirling
FK8 2QG
Tel 01786 478509
www.plantlife.org.uk
scotland@plantlife.org.uk
British Bryological Society
c/o Gordon Rothero
Stronlonag
Glenmassan
Dunoon
Argyll
PA23 8RA
gprothero@aol.com
This leaflet was written for Plantlife Scotland
by Gordon Rothero, Bryologist