An impressive olive tree near Tarvin in Cheshire, with an equally impressive colony of the moss Nogopterium gracile. The tree has been in place for at least 3 years but most likely Nogopterium was already on it when imported from northern Italy. @BBSbryology
An old graveyard at Southborough Common with an ancient woodland flora, including wild daffodil and a few graves that have lawns of Rhytidiadelphus loreus @BBSbryology
I had a cycle out to Ivychurch and Brenzett on the Romney Marsh to appreciate the native Black Poplars
Including the native sapling in a ditch at Ivychurch near to the female tree
Fantastic work by @KentFieldClub in funding DNA clonal analysis and @LemonStephen@BSBIbotany
Aw forget previous post - when did I ever let shit photography get in the way of posting bryo pics?
Odontoschisma denudatum
Barbilophozia attentuata + perianths
Harpanthus scutatus +exciting local extras
Scapania umbrosa
Thanks to @Trichocolea for organising #liverworts
The hybrid sedge Carex otrubae x divulsa, growing among colonies of both parent species, near Sevenoaks Weald. Occupying the damp base to a steep bank with its C. otrubae parent. The C. divulsa parent growing on the dryer ground above.
'Bullet holes' created by emerging Hornet Clearwing moths, along the base hybrid poplar trees in Dartford. Very grateful to Ray Winterman for showing me these.
Hay-scented Buckler-fern at the bottom of the photo, a much brighter green than the Broad Buckler-fern above it. Seen with the @BBSbryology South-east Group along the edge of the sandstone cliff face at Eridge Rocks last weekend.
@kent_field held a very productive bioblitz in early June at @GoodnestonePark with 400 species recorded over a 24 hour period. My contribution included the moss Leucodon sciuroides from the house wall.
A veteran coppiced ash in a shaw along a stream at Bore Place. The raised bowls produced by coppicing trees like this are a rich habitat. This one has the moss Anomodon viticulosus which is common in Kent but rarely found in the clay woods on the Low Weald.
Took an opportunity this morning to go and see if the Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus) plant was still present outside an old farm building near Maidstone, Kent
Found by @LemonStephen last year
A rare plant in South East England now - after a major decline
@BSBIbotany
A guided walk for a group on Dungeness NNR, Kent today
Also it is 25 years since Dungeness was designated a National Nature Reserve
Against my better judgement - here is a young me in the middle with Bill Oddie π¬
#NNRWeek2023#NationalNatureReserves#NNRweek@NaturalEngland