Hedwigia ciliata var leucophaea photographed by Des Callaghan from material he had collected from Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, where it had fallen down from stone tiles on the roof of the abbey. Subsequently Sam Bosanquet examined material he had collected from a similar habitat in Monmouthshire, which turned out to be the same plant, new to Wales. It may be that Hedwigia ciliata var leucophaea is more widespread than previously supposed as a member of the thermophilous community of bryophytes that is found on south-facing stone roof tiles.
Published: 25 January 2009
