Sweet Briar Marsh

Oaks (Quercus robur) in the autumn sunshine











One or two of the old Sallows had good collections pf epiphytes.

Including

Wood Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea, Dilated Scalewort, Minute Pouncewort & Syntrichia papillosa



Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)





Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinskya affine) growing around the Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) branches



Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphaea heteromalla)





Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)





Lesser Pond Sedge (Carex acutiformis)









British White Cows working to create a more diverse environment.



Cowpat Gem (Chelymenia granulata)





Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)



Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)

&
dried











Fungus Sp?



Perforate St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)



Common Knapweed ( Centaurea nigra)





White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

The white tips at the end of the leaves give this one away. Grows on tress and stone



A small moss with a big name.

Hornschuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)

Named after a German bryologist Christian Friedrich Hornschuch 1793- 1850



Lots of this moss in the wet grassland.

Heart-leaved Spear-moss (Calliergon cordifolium)



The small red fungus sp?





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MarshThyme-moss (Plagiomnium ellipticum)?

Cells in diagonal rows and the leaf base does not run down the stem.



Large Willow Bark Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)

Tags: CowpatGem, DilatedScalewort, WoodBristle-moss, White-tippedBristle-moss, CylindricBeard-moss, MarshThyme-moss, LateralCryphaea, Oak, WildCarrot, MinutePouncewort, PerforateStJohn'sWort, CommonKnapweed, Hornschuch'sBeard-moss