*1: Moorland,
Carbis Bay, 1886, HND [as B. obconicum]
(CGE) (Syed 1973: 311, Crundwell 1974:
172).
*2: On open sandy slope
in dunes, 5 m alt., NW. of Rock, SW97, DTH 02-003
(BBSUK) (Rothero 2003:
56).
[Older reports from vc2 (Wadebridge and Bodmin:
Holmes 1906) were discounted because no specimens were located
(Paton 1969a: 738, Crundwell 1970:
206)].
Almost certainly under-recorded because overlooked
as the much commoner B. capillare, from which
it is mainly distinguishable microscopically by the synoicous
inflorescences.
Forms small patches or low lawns. DTH records had
habitat data as follows. N. of Mount: on partly bare
calcareous sand of low bank in short dune grassland; unshaded;
with Bryum
dichotomum. NW. of Rock: on partly bare, unshaded,
calcareous sand of slope in dunes. W. of Black Head on Lizard:
on unshaded soil of low bank beside path above serpentinite
sea-cliffs. Also, with other bryophytes on thin soil on
grassland slope above slaty cliffs, with Campylopus
introflexus, Ceratodon purpureus,
Scleropodium
touretii, Trichostomum
brachydontium,
Aphanes sp.
Only recorded c.fr. or when (synoicous)
inflorescences checked: Capsules immature 1,
12.
