The map shows the approximate positions of localities visited. The images are listed below:
1. Bohemia Bog
A small wet acid area, which is a rare locality on the island.
Sphagnum cuspidatum
Sphagnum denticulatum
Sphagnum fimbratum
Aneura pinguis2. Bonchurch Landslip
An old landslip, now mostly wooded and overgrown with ivy.Bryum bicolor
Leptobarbula berica
Physcomitrium pyriforme
Cololejeunea minutissima
3. Briddlesford Copse
Mixed ancient woodland on boulder clay. There is also a railway track constructed using chalk rubble running through the wood, and a Keeper's Cottage with an interesting clay-tiled roof.
Grimmia ovalis
Hypnum andoi
Omalia trichomanoides
Orthotrichum lyellii
Seligeria calycina
Zygodon baumgartneri
4. Buddle Brook
A damp wood on the greensand.
Hookeria lucens
Metzgeria fruticulosa
Metzgeria furcata
Metzgeria temperata5. Arable field near Brook
The original UK site for Chenia, where it is still found.
Chenia leptophylla
6. Fattingpark copse
A damp copse on boulder clay.
Fissidens exilis
Neckera pumila
Pleuridium acuminatum
Syntrichia laevipila
Radula complanata7. Chalk turf above Preston's Bower, The Needles
A steep S-facing slope well grazed by rabbits.
Microbryum curvicolle
Microbryum rectum
Microbryum starckeanum8. Rocken End
An area of old chalk landslip on the S tip of the island.
Acaulon triquetrum
Aloina aloides
Weissia longifolia var. angustifolia9. Shanklin
Both Shanklin Chine (a ravine) and the nearby moist greensand cliffs were visited.
Bryum gemmiferum
Epipterygium tozeri
Philonotis marchica
Anthoceros punctatus10. Shide Chalk Pit
An old large chalk quarry with a stream and tufa.
Gymnostomum viridulum
Pseudocrossidium revolutum
Seligeria calcarea11. Strawberry Lane Chalk Pit
A small chalk pit on the S facing escarpment.
Microbryum starckeanum
Pleurochaete squarrosa12. Woodhouse copse
A damp copse close to the sea.
Bryum capillare (with male infloresences)
Leskea polycarpa
Orthotrichum pulchellum
J D Sleath
jonathan.sleath@btinternet.com
