Monday, October 3, 2011

Nitten Field (02/Oct/2011) part 2

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
and Archer's Dart (Agrotis vestigialis)
L-album Wainscot (Mithimna l-album)
Orange Sallow (Xanthia citrago)
Ni-moth (Trichoplusia ni)

Monday, July 11, 2011

Brechfa forest bryos 3

Plagiochila spinulosa (Prickly Featherwort)
Platyhypnidium lusitanicum (Portuguese Feather-moss)
Sphagnum inundatum (Lesser Cow-horn Bog-moss)
Sphagnum quinquefarium (Five-ranked Bog-moss)

Brechfa forest bryos 2

Bartramia pomiformis (Common Apple-moss)
Fossombronia wondraczekii (Acid Frillwort)
Heterocladium wulfsbergii (Wulfsberg's Tamarisk-moss)
Nardia scalaris (Ladder Flapwort)

Brechfa Forest bryos 1 (epiphytes)

All identified by Sam Bosanquet
Colura calyptrifolia (Fingered Cowlwort)
Colura calyptrifolia (Fingered Cowlwort)
Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia (Toothed Pouncewort)
Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia (Toothed Pouncewort)
Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia (Toothed Pouncewort)

Friday, July 1, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

Rhossili Down

The eastern dip-slope of Rhossili Down has some fantastic bog communities which support an excellent range of plants and insects.
Crambus uliginosellus
Lophozia incisa (Jagged Notchwort)
Sphagnum cf. fallax subsp. fallax (Flat-topped Bog-moss)
Sphagnum denticulatum (Cow-horn Bog-moss) [green] &
Sphagnum subnitens (Lustrous Bog-moss) [red]
Sphagnum cf. papillosum (Papillose Bog-moss)
Sphagnum subnitens (Lustrous Bog-moss)

Monday, June 13, 2011

Mynydd Uchaf, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen

Andreaea rothii subsp. falcata (Hunt's Rock-moss)
growing on wet rocks in association with Lasallia pustulata
Bryum alpinum (Alpine Thread-moss)
same situation as Andreaea rothii
Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. capillifolium (Acute-leaved Bog-moss)
Erica tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath) white form