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Natural History of Radley

Lower Plants

The following lists some of the various ferns, mosses and lichens etc found growing in Radley.
 
Lichens            Mosses & Liverworts            Ferns            Horsetails             Fungi
 

Lichens

 

Solensopsora Candicans photographed 24 April 2005 by B Crowley

Solenopsora candicans, 24 April 2005

Xanthoria parietina, photographed 24 April 2005 by B Crowley

Xanthoria parietina, 24 April 2005

Crottle (Parmelia sp.) photographed 24 April 2005 by B Crowley, ID by J Pages.

Parmelia sp. growing on moss on old treetrunk, 24 April 2005
   

Mosses and Liverworts (Bryophyta)

Mosses (Musci)

Liverworts (Hepaticae)

 

Grimmia pulvinata, photographed 2 May 2005 by B Crowley

Grimmia pulvinata (35mm x 25mm) 2 May 2005

Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus photographed 01 May 2005 by B Crowley

Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus growing in lawn

(13mm x 16mm) 1st May 2005

moss photographed 24 April 2005 by B Crowley

Homalothecium sericeum growing on tree stump (10mm x 10mm)   24 April 2005.

Bryum argentum photographed 2 May 2005 by B Crowley

Bryum argentum growing on tarmac surface.

(6mm x 4mm) 2 May 2005

Funaria hygrometrica, photographed 14 May 2005 by B Crowley

Funaria hygrometrica growing on wet pulverised fuel ash in lake H, 14 May 2005.
   

Moss, photographed 15 May 2005 by B Crowley, ID by J Wright

Brachythecium rutabulum

(15 May 2005)*

Moss specimen photographed 30 May 2005 by B Crowley

Specimen of Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed on cm/mm graph paper.

(30 May 2005)*
   

Marchantia polymorpha photographed 09 July 2009 by B Crowley

Marchantia polymorpha

(the rayed structures are the female parts)

(on PFA, 09 July 2009)

 
   

Ferns

Adder's Tongue Fern, photographed 03 June 2006 by B Crowley

Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)

(3 June 2007)*

   

Horsetails

  • Common Horsetail/ Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
  • Hybrid (Equisetum X litorale Kuhlew. ex Rupr.)*
  
   

Fungi (link to separate fungi page)

  
 

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