Thrupp Lakes Species Data - mosses and liverworts

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Thrupp Lakes Species Data

Mosses and Liverworts

This page relates to bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) in the area in and around the two lakes, known as Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake (or, to Didcot Power station operators, as lakes 'E' and 'F') at grid reference SU 518 975.

These lakes and their surroundings are currently threatened with desrtruction by Didcot ash disposal operations. Full story.

Mosses

NAME	NOTES

Aloina ambigua	2005 - on soil -with capsules.
Amblystegium serpens	2006
Barbula convoluta	2006
Barbula fallax	2006
Brachythecium rutabulum	2005 - on soil
Bryum argentium	2005 - on soil
Bryum bicolor	2006
Bryum capillare	2006
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum	2006
Calliergonella cuspidata	2005 - on soil
Ceratodon purpureus	2006
Cryphaea heteromalla	2006
Eurhynchium praelongum	2005 - on soil
Fissidens taxifolius	2005 - on soil
Funaria hygrometrica	2006
Grimmia pulvinata	2006
Homalothecium lutescens	2006
Hypnum cupressiforme	2005 - on soil
Hypnum resupinatum	2006
Orthotrichum affine	2005 - on trees - with capsules.
Orthotrichum diaphanum	2005 - on trees - with capsules.
Orthotrichum stramineum	2006
Schistidium apocarpum	2006
Ulota crispa	2006

Liverworts

NAME	NOTES

Frullania dilatata	on trees
Metzgeria furcata	on trees
Radula complanata

Plants recorded between ‘Spinage's Field' ( Lake E) and ‘Bullfield Lake' (Lake F) in July 2005 and April 2006 by Jacqueline Wright (County Recorder for Bryophytes for Oxon. vc23).

Colour code: Red List Vulnerable Nationally Rare Nationally Scarce Local

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