Species Audit

Mosses and liverworts

This group has not been extensively recorded during the last 40 years, which makes assessment of their current distribution difficult.

The district is home to an excellent collection of mosses and liverworts many of which are restricted to the upper valleys and cloughs of Calderdale. In a regional context they are scarce with their stronghold being within the South Pennines Natural Area. All the cloughs would repay further survey work.

Mosses

Name: Seligeria donniana

National: Nationally scarce
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Limestone
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species. Older records need to be checked.

Name: Dicranella subulata

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Clay bank
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Dicranodontium denudatum

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Fallen trees
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species. Rare in South Pennines - 3 records.

Name: Weissia squamosa

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Bare Soil
Ref: 3
Notes: -

Name: Fissidens osmundoides

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Boggy places
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Fissidens dubius

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Calcareous rock
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species. Nationally common but only 1 site in Calderdale.

Name: Bryum alpinum

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Wet rocks
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Weissia rostellata

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Bare soil especially clay
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Grimmia donniana

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Mortared grit walls
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Racomitrium ericoides

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: -
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Tortella tortuosa

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Limestone outcrop
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Base rich mires and flushes
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Philontis calcarea

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Base rich mires and flushes
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Bartramia ithyphylla

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: -
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Drepanocladus revolvens

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Base rich mires and flushes
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Orthothecium intricatum

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Base-rich rock crevices
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Plagiothecium latebricola

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Tree base in wet woods
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Liverworts

Name: Metzgeria conjugata

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Shaded rocks
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Trichocolea tomentella

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Flushes - wet woodland
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Lepidozia cupressina

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Grit boulder
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species. Only known site in South Pennines.

Name: Lophozia incisa

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Wet woodland clough
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Mylia taylori

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Rocky hollows
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Scapania nemorea

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Woodland
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Scapania umbrosa

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Sheltered woods and rocks
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Prorella platyphylla

National: -
Regional: -
Local: Rare
Habitat: Sandstone outcrop
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species. One site.

Name: Lejeunea cavifolia

National: -
Regional: -
Local: Rare
Habitat: Calcareous rock
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Lejeunea lamacerina

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Rocks by streams
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Frullania tamarisci

National: -
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: -
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Jungermannia caespiticia

National: Rare
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: -
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

Name: Jubula hutchinsiae

National: Rare
Regional: Rare
Local: Rare
Habitat: Dripping wet cliff, Sheltered places
Ref: 1, 2, 3
Notes: A Calderdale Priority Species.

References

Anon (1996) Halifax Flora Annual Reports
Seward, (Ed) 1950-2002 The Naturalist YNU
Blockeel, T. (2002) (Pers Com).

Species Audit

Mosses and liverworts

Mosses

Name: Seligeria donniana

Name: Dicranella subulata

Name: Dicranodontium denudatum

Name: Weissia squamosa

Name: Fissidens osmundoides

Name: Fissidens dubius

Name: Bryum alpinum

Name: Weissia rostellata

Name: Grimmia donniana

Name: Racomitrium ericoides

Name: Tortella tortuosa

Name: Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum

Name: Philontis calcarea

Name: Bartramia ithyphylla

Name: Drepanocladus revolvens

Name: Orthothecium intricatum

Name: Plagiothecium latebricola

Liverworts

Name: Metzgeria conjugata

Name: Trichocolea tomentella

Name: Lepidozia cupressina

Name: Lophozia incisa

Name: Mylia taylori

Name: Scapania nemorea

Name: Scapania umbrosa

Name: Prorella platyphylla

Name: Lejeunea cavifolia

Name: Lejeunea lamacerina

Name: Frullania tamarisci

Name: Jungermannia caespiticia

Name: Jubula hutchinsiae

References

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