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Rhodobryum roseum

Rhodobryum roseum, a calcicole found on sheltered banks and in grassland, photographed by Sharon Pilkington.

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Polytrichum strictum

Polytrichum strictum, a plant common in the north and west in bogs and wet heaths, photographed on the 2005 Aberystwyth meeting.

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Didymodon acutus

Didymodon acutus found in its characteristic habitat of exposed bare calcareous soil by Peter Martin on the November 2008 Border Bryologists' meeting at Backbury Hill, Herefordshire.

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Scapania lepida

Scapania lepida photographed by Dan Wrench on Mt.Kinabalu, Borneo, in 2006.

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Brachythecium mildeanum

Brachythecium mildeanum, photographed on trampled dry turf at the edge of a car park at the 2007 Northamptonshire Meeting.

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Sphagnum russowii

Sphagnum russowii photographed at the Autumn 2007 meeting at Whixall Moss

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Pottia starkeana

Pottia starkeana is an ephemeral moss of base rich disturbed ground. Photographed here by Des Callaghan from material collected at Minera mine during the BBS Spring meeting 2008.

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Brachythecium glareosum

Brachythecium glareosum, a not uncommon species of dry calcareous banks, photographed at Twywell gullet on the 2007 Spring meeting.

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Barbula unguiculata

Barbula unguiculata is a common and widespread plant of disturbed soil, but how many of us pay attention to the beautiful twisted peristome? Photographed by Des Callaghan from Gwynfryn quarry on the BBS Spring meeting.

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Racomitrium ericoides

An abundantly fruiting mat of Racomitrium ericoides, photographed on spoil from a disused slate quarry at the head of the Nant y Pandy valley, Denbeighshire, during the 2008 Spring Meeting

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