Ferns, Horsetails, Mosses, Liverworts - (Pteridophyte) - Group

Ferns, Horsetails, Mosses, Liverworts - Pteridophyte

Group Description

Non-flowering vascular plants which disperse via spores not seed. It was a once recognised taxon 'Pteridophyta' but as Ferns and Horsetails are more closely related to flowering plants than to mosses, the taxon is no longer accepted but still continues as a grouping.

Equisetopsida (Horsetails) Filicopsida (Fern) Polypodiopsida Psilotopsida (Whisk Ferns) None in UK

Bryophyta (Moss)

SubGroups

name	latinname	species	sightings	media
Anomalous Bristle-moss	Orthotrichum anomalum	1	1	2
Bank Haircap Moss	Polytrichum formosum	1	1	3
Bifid Crestwort	Lophocolea bidentata	1	1	4
Black Spleenwort	Asplenium adiantum-nigrum	1	5	16
Bonfire Moss	Funaria hygrometrica	1	1	1
Bracken	Pteridium aquilinum	1	1	2
Bristly Haircap	Polytrichum piliferum	1	1	3
Broad Buckler-fern	Dryopteris dilatata	1	5	12
Capillary Thread-moss	Bryum capillare	1	2	33
Comb-moss	Ctenidium molluscum	1	2	8
Common Crystalwort	Riccia sorocarpa	1	1	11
Common Feather-moss	Kindbergia praelonga	1	2	7
Common Liverwort	Marchantia polymorpha	1	3	3
Common Pincushion	Dicranoweisia cirrata	1	2	8
Common Pocket-moss	Fissidens taxifolius	1	2	11
Common Pocket-moss	Fissidens taxifolius	1	1	1
Common Polypody	Polypodium vulgare	1	2	6
Common Smoothcap	Atrichum undulatum	1	2	14
Common Tamarisk-moss	Thuidium tamariscinum	1	1	4
Creeping Feather-moss	Amblystegium serpens	1	1	5
Creeping Fingerwort	Lepidozia reptans	1	1	5
Crescent-cup Liverwort	Lunularia cruciata	1	2	5
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss	Bryum rubens	1	1	2
Crisped Fork-moss	Dicranum bonjeanii	1	2	12
Crisped Neckera	Neckera crispa	1	1	3
Curving Feather-moss	Scorpiurum circinatum	1	1	5
Cylindric Beard-moss	Didymodon insulanus	1	2	9
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss	Hypnum cupressiforme	1	1	5
Dilated Scalewort	Frullania dilatata	1	3	6
Elegant Silk-moss	Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans	1	1	2
Endive Pellia	Pellia endiviifolia	1	3	16
Field Horsetail	Equisetum arvense	1	3	2
Forked Veilwort	Metzgeria furcata	1	7	15
Fortune's Holly-fern	Cyrtomium fortunei	1	2	16
Fox-tail Feather-moss	Thamnobryum alopecurum	1	7	14
Fringed Heartwort	Ricciocarpos natans	1	1	2
Golden Feather-moss	Campylium chrysophyllum	1	1	6
Great Hairy Screw-moss	Syntrichia ruralis	2	2	9
Great Horsetail	Equisetum telmateia	1	8	16
Great Scented Liverwort	Conocephalum conicum	1	2	5
Greater Featherwort	Plagiochila asplenioides	1	3	8
Grey-cushioned Grimmia	Grimmia pulvinata	1	5	11
Hard Shield-fern	Polystichum aculeatum	1	4	8
Hard-fern	Blechnum spicant	1	3	12
Hart's-tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium	1	20	30
Hart’s-tongue Thyme-moss	Plagiomnium undulatum	1	3	12
Heath Plait-moss	Hypnum jutlandicum	1	1	1
Hornschuch's Beard-moss	Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum	1	1	2
Intermediate Polypody	Polypodium interjectum	1	11	22
Juniper Haircap	Polytrichum juniperinum	1	1	2
Kneiff's Feather-moss	Leptodictyum riparium	1	1	7
Lady-fern	Athyrium filix-femina	1	1	3
Larger Mouse-tail Moss	Isothecium alopecuroides	1	1	1
Lateral Cryphaea	Cryphaea heteromalla	1	2	8
Lateral Cryphaea	Cryphaea heteromalla	2	2	7
Lesser Fringe-moss	Racomitrium affine	1	1	1
Limestone Fern	Gymnocarpium robertianum	1	2	11
Liverwort Unidentified	Liverwort Unidentified	1	1	3
Long-beaked Thyme-moss	Plagiomnium rostratum	1	1	3
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss	Platyhypnidium riparioides	1	1	2
Lyell's Bristle-moss	Orthotrichum lyellii	1	1	1
Mackay's Pouncewort	Marchesinia mackaii	1	1	11
Maidenhair Fern	Adiantum capillus-veneris	1	9	27
Maidenhair Spleenwort	Asplenium trichomanes	2	13	58
Male Fern	Dryopteris filix-mas	1	7	9
Marble Screw-moss	Syntrichia papillosa	1	1	1
Marsh Bryum	Bryum pseudotriquetrum	1	1	5
Minute Pouncewort	Cololejeunea minutissima	1	1	5
Neat Feather-moss	Pseudoscleropodium purum	1	7	16
Pointed Spear-moss	Calliergonella cuspidata	1	6	17
Rambling Tail-moss	Anomodon viticulosus	1	2	11
Redshank Moss	Ceratodon purpureus	1	3	6
Revolute Beard-moss	Pseudocrossidium revolutum	1	1	2
River Feather-moss	Brachythecium rivulare	1	5	15
Rock Pocket-moss	Fissidens dubius	1	2	6
Rough-stalked Feather-moss	Brachythecium rutabulum	1	2	6
Royal Fern	Osmunda regalis	1	1	8
Rustwort	Cephalozia curvifolia	1	1	7
Rusty Fork-moss	Dicranum spurium	1	1	3
Rusty-back Fern	Asplenium ceterach	1	14	22
Scaly Male Fern	Dryopteris affinis	3	6	26
Sea Spleenwort	Asplenium marinum	1	1	5
Silky Forklet-moss	Dicranella heteromalla	1	1	3
Silky Wall Feather-moss	Homalothecium sericeum	1	4	15
Silver-moss	Bryum argenteum	1	1	5
Small Hairy Screw-moss	Syntrichia laevipila	1	1	5
Small-mouthed Beardless-moss	Weissia brachycarpa	1	2	12
Soft Shield Fern	Polystichum setiferum	1	9	28
Southern Polypody	Polypodium cambricum	1	8	26
Spiral Extinguisher-moss	Encalypta streptocarpa	1	1	2
Springy Turf-moss	Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	1	2	9
Swartz's Feather-moss	Oxyrrhynchium hians	1	1	8
Thickpoint Grimmia	Schistidium crassipilum	1	2	4
Wall Scalewort	Porella platyphylla	1	3	16
Wall Screw-moss	Tortula muralis	1	2	15
Wall-rue	Asplenium ruta-muraria	1	10	19
Water Horsetail	Equisetum fluviatile	1	1	4
Western Sword-fern	Polystichum munitum	1	1	6
White Earwort	Diplophyllum albicans	1	1	3
White-tipped Bristle-moss	Orthotrichum diaphanum	1	1	2
Whitish Feather-moss	Brachythecium albicans	1	5	8
Wood Bristle-moss	Orthotrichum affine	1	2	5
Wood Bristle-moss	Lewinskya affinis	1	1	3

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