*1: Chynhalls Point,
Coverack, 1961, JAP (BBSUK) (Paton 1969a:
750).
*2: Nanstallon Downs
near Bodmin, 1870, RVT (B) (Paton 1969a:
750).
Found new to Isles of Scilly in 2003, in three
unshaded sites: on a coastal bank (St Agnes), substantial
patches amongst short vegetation on blown sand near low dunes
above the coast (St Martin's), and in small quantity on soil
in the middle of a track near a bulbfield (Penninnis Head, St
Mary's).
Habitat notes for two recent records from the
mainland of Cornwall are as follows. In short mossy turf on
calcareous dune sand on slope above west facing sea-cliff;
associates Amblystegium
serpens var.
salinum,
Homalothecium lutescens, Hypnum cupressiforme
var.
lacunosum,
Pleurochaete squarrosa, Trichostomum
crispulum, Festuca
rubra, Holcus
lanatus, Plantago
lanceolata, Senecio
jacobaea (seedlings), Thymus polytrichus. In
low vegetation on soil among slaty rocks on pathside banks on
upper part of N.-facing sea-cliff (Bossiney Cove), apparently
where some base present.
Not seen c.fr.