UK Biodiversity Action Plan

List of UK BAP Priority Non-Vascular Species (2007)

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List of UK BAP Priority Non-Vascular Plant Species (2007)

A list of UK BAP priority non-vascular plant species, created between 1995 and 1999, and subsequently updated in response to the Species and Habitats Review Report, published in 2007, is provided in the table below. The table also provides details of the species' occurrences in the four UK countries, and describes whether the species was an 'original' species (on the original list created between 1995 and 1999), or was added following the 2007 review. All original species were provided with Species Action Plans (SAPs), species statements, or are included within grouped plans or statements, whereas there are no published plans for the species added in 2007.

Scientific names and commonly used synonyms derive from the Nameserver facility of the UK Species Dictionary, which is managed by the Natural History Museum.

Scientific name Common Taxon England Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Acaulon triquetrum Triangular bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Pygmy- Acrobolbus wilsonii Wilson's bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP Pouchwort Adelanthus Lindenberg's bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP lindenbergianus Featherwort Anastrophyllum Joergensen's bryophyte N Y N N joergensenii Notchwort Andreaea nivalis Snow Rock- bryophyte N Y N N moss Anomodon Long-leaved bryophyte Y Y Y N longifolius Tail-moss Aplodon Carrion-moss bryophyte Y Y N N wormskjoldii Atrichum Lesser bryophyte Y Y Y Y Yes – angustatum Smoothcap statement Barbilophozia Bog Pawwort bryophyte N Y Y N kunzeana Bartramia stricta Rigid Apple- bryophyte N N Y N Yes – SAP moss Bryoerythrophyllum Scottish Beard- bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP caledonicum moss Bryum calophyllum Matted Bryum bryophyte Y Y Y N Yes – statement Bryum cyclophyllum Round-leaved bryophyte Y Y N N Bryum Bryum gemmiparum Welsh Thread- bryophyte Y N Y N moss Bryum knowltonii Knowlton's bryophyte Y Y Y N Thread-moss Bryum marratii Baltic Bryum bryophyte Y Y Y N Bryum salinum Saltmarsh bryophyte Y Y N N Thread-moss

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Scientific name Common Taxon England Scotland Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Bryum schleicheri Schleicher's bryophyte N Y N N Thread-moss Bryum uliginosum Cernuous bryophyte N N N N Yes – Bryum statement Bryum warneum Sea Bryum bryophyte Y Y Y N Yes – SAP Buxbaumia viridis Green Shield- bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP moss Cephaloziella Chalk bryophyte Y N N N baumgartneri Threadwort Cephaloziella Entire bryophyte Y N Y N calyculata Threadwort Cephaloziella Toothed bryophyte Y N N N dentata Threadwort Cephaloziella Lobed bryophyte Y N N N integerrima Threadwort Cephaloziella Greater bryophyte Y N Y N Yes – SAP nicholsonii Copperwort Ceratodon conicus Scarce bryophyte Y N N Y Redshank Chara baltica Baltic stonewort Y Y Y N Yes – Stonewort statement Chara canescens Bearded stonewort Y Y N N Yes – Stonewort statement Chara connivens Convergent stonewort Y N N N Yes – SAP Stonewort Chara intermedia Intermediate stonewort Y N N N Stonewort Cryphaea lamyana Multi-fruited bryophyte Y N Y N Yes – SAP River Moss Cyclodictyon Bright-green bryophyte Y Y N Y laetevirens Cave-moss Daltonia Irish Daltonia bryophyte N Y N Y splachnoides Dicranum bergeri Waved Fork- bryophyte Y Y Y Y moss Dicranum elongatum Dense Fork- bryophyte N N N N moss Dicranum spurium Rusty Fork- bryophyte Y Y N N moss Didymodon glaucus Glaucous bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Beard-moss Didymodon Sausage bryophyte Y N Y N Yes – SAP tomaculosus Beard-moss Ditrichum Cornish Path- bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP cornubicum moss

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Scientific name Common Taxon England Scotland Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Ditrichum Lead-moss bryophyte Y Y Y N Yes – SAP plumbicola Ditrichum subulatum Awl-leaved bryophyte Y N Y N Ditrichum Dumortiera hirsuta Dumortier's bryophyte Y Y N Y Liverwort Ephemerum Clustered bryophyte Y N N N Yes – cohaerens Earth-moss statement Ephemerum Prickly Earth- bryophyte N N N Y spinulosum moss Eurhynchium Elegant bryophyte N Y N N pulchellum Feather-moss Fissidens curvatus Portuguese bryophyte Y N Y N Pocket-moss Fissidens serrulatus Large Atlantic bryophyte Y N Y N Pocket-moss Fossombronia Pitted Frillwort bryophyte Y Y Y Y foveolate Funaria pulchella Pretty Cord- bryophyte Y Y Y N moss Grimmia crinita Hedgehog bryophyte Y N N N Grimmia Grimmia elongata Brown Grimmia bryophyte Y Y Y N Grimmia sessitana Alpine Grimmia bryophyte N Y N N Habrodon Lesser Squirrel- bryophyte Y Y Y N perpusillus tail Moss Northern bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP Prongwort Homomallium Incurved bryophyte Y Y N N incurvatum Feather-moss Hygrohypnum Snow Brook- bryophyte N Y N N styriacum moss Jamesoniella Marsh Earwort bryophyte Y Y N N Yes – SAP undulifolia Jungermannia Long-leaved bryophyte Y Y N N leiantha Flapwort Lamprothamnium Foxtail stonewort Y Y N N Yes – papulosum Stonewort statement Leiocolea rutheana Fen Notchwort bryophyte Y Y N N Yes – SAP Lejeunea holtii Holt's bryophyte N Y N N Pouncewort Lejeunea mandonii Atlantic bryophyte Y Y N N Yes – SAP Lejeunea Leptodontium Thatch-moss bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP gemmascens

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Scientific name Common Taxon England Scotland Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Lophozia capitata Large-celled bryophyte Y N N N Flapwort Lophozia longiflora Reddish bryophyte N N N N Notchwort Marsupella arctica Arctic Rustwort bryophyte N Y N N Marsupella profunda Western bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Rustwort Micromitrium Millimetre Moss bryophyte Y N N N Yes – tenerum statement Mielichhoferia Alpine Copper- bryophyte N Y N N mielichhoferiana moss Nitella gracilis Slender stonewort N Y Y N Yes – SAP Stonewort Nitella tenuissima Dwarf stonewort Y N Y N Yes – SAP Stonewort Nitellopsis obtusa Starry stonewort Y N N N Yes – SAP Stonewort Orthodontium Slender bryophyte Y Y N Y Yes – SAP gracile Thread-moss Orthotrichum Aspen Bristle- bryophyte N Y N N Yes – gymnostomum moss statement Orthotrichum Blunt-leaved bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP obtusifolium Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pallens Pale Bristle- bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP moss Orthotrichum Dwarf Bristle- bryophyte Y Y N N pumilum moss Pallavicinia lyellii Veilwort bryophyte Y Y Y N Yes – SAP Petalophyllum ralfsii Petalwort bryophyte Y Y Y Y Yes – SAP Philonotis cernua Swan-necked bryophyte N N N N Apple-moss Philonotis marchica Bog Apple- bryophyte Y N N N moss Physcomitrium Norfolk bryophyte Y N N N eurystomum Bladder-moss Plagiobryum Alpine Hump- bryophyte N Y N N demissum moss obtusifolia Blunt-leaved bryophyte N Y N N Thread-moss Scottish Pohlia bryophyte N Y N N Yes – SAP Pseudoleskea Brown bryophyte N Y N N incurvata Mountain Leskea Radula carringtonii Carrington's bryophyte N Y N N Scalewort

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Scientific name Common Taxon England Scotland Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Rhynchostegium Round-Leaved bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP rotundifolium Feather-Moss Rhytidiadelphus Scarce Turf- bryophyte Y N Y Y subpinnatus moss Riccia bifurca Lizard bryophyte Y N N N Crystalwort Riccia canaliculata Channelled bryophyte Y Y Y N Crystalwort Riccia nigrella Black bryophyte Y N Y N Crystalwort Scopelophila Tongue-leaf bryophyte Y N Y N

cataractae Copper-moss Seligeria carniolica Water Rock- bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP bristle Seligeria oelandica Irish Rock- bryophyte N N N Y bristle Southbya nigrella Blackwort bryophyte Y N N N Sphaerocarpos Texas bryophyte Y N N N texanus Balloonwort Sphagnum balticum Baltic Bog- bryophyte Y Y N N Yes – SAP moss Splachnum Rugged Collar- bryophyte Y Y N N vasculosum moss lingulata Tongue-leaved bryophyte N Y N N Gland-moss Tayloria tenuis Slender Gland- bryophyte N Y N Y moss Telaranea Irish bryophyte Y N N N nematodes Threadwort Tetrodontium Small Four- bryophyte N N N N Yes – repandum tooth Moss statement Thamnobryum Derbyshire bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP angustifolium Feather-moss Thamnobryum Yorkshire bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP cataractarum Feather-moss Timmia austriaca Sheathed bryophyte N Y N N Timmia Tolypella intricata Tassel stonewort Y N N N Yes – SAP Stonewort Tolypella nidifica 's-nest stonewort N Y N N Yes – Stonewort statement Tolypella prolifera Great Tassel stonewort Y N N N Yes – SAP Stonewort Tortula cernua Flamingo-moss bryophyte Y Y N N Yes – SAP Tortula cuneifolia Wedge-leaved bryophyte Y N Y N Screw-moss

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Scientific name Common Taxon England Scotland Wales Northern Original UK name Ireland BAP species? Tortula freibergii Freiberg's bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Screw-moss Tortula vahliana Chalk Screw- bryophyte Y N N N moss Tortula wilsonii Wilson's Pottia bryophyte Y N Y N Weissia condensa Curly bryophyte Y Y N N Beardless-moss Weissia levieri Levier's bryophyte Y N Y N Beardless-moss Weissia Many-fruited bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP multicapsularis Beardless-moss Weissia squarrosa Spreading- bryophyte Y Y Y N Yes – leaved statement Beardless-moss Weissia sterilis Sterile bryophyte Y N N N Yes – Beardless-moss statement Zygodon forsteri Knothole Moss bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Zygodon gracilis Nowell's bryophyte Y N N N Yes – SAP Limestone Moss

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