Bryophytes of springs and flushes - 2009 course notes - Plantlife

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Jamesoniella undulifolia The one British bryophyte to grace the list of the world’s most threatened species. Restricted to three sites in Scotland, all in flushes below basic rocks on low ground by the coast in Argyll. Liochlaena lanceolata Now apparently reduced to one UK site in a flush on the calcareous, Cambrian fucoid beds near Loch Clare in Torridon. It is not thriving here and is perhaps the most threatened bryophyte in Scotland. Pallavicinia lyellii Its one Scottish site is on a slope of flushed Molinea caerulea grassland – a very nondescript habitat. The whole site is now part of the vast Eaglesham windfarm SW of Glasgow and the fate of Pallavicinia lyellii is not known 16
Splachnum vasculosum Another member of the Splachnaceae, this species has declined markedly over the years. It grows in at least moderately basic flushes and can persist in the same site long after the dung on which it presumably first grew has gone. Tayloria lingulata And yet another member of the Splachnaceae growing on organic material in calcareous flushes and limited to a few sites in the mountains of the Central Highlands and only at all frequent on the Ben Lawers SSSI. Contacts for further advice and support Dr David Genney, SNH Policy & Advice Officer, Bryophytes, Fungi and Lichens Gordon Rothero, Consultant Bryologist david.genney@snh.gov.uk gprothero@aol.com Matilda Scharsach, Lower Plants & Fungi Officer, matilda.scharsach@plantlife.org.uk Plantlife Scotland Tel 01786 469778 References Averis AM et al., 2004, An illustrated guide to British upland vegetation, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. Averis AM, 2003, Scotland’s living landscapes: springs and flushes, SNH, Inverness. Rodwell JS (ed), 1991, British Plant Communites Volume 2: Mires and Heaths, CUP, Cambridge. 17
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