*1: On granitic rock in
wall beside road, W. of Lanner, SW710394, 1994, DTH 94-54
(NMW 2003.014.1428), conf. DTH
2004.
*2: Rock, St Cleer,
1920, RWS (NMW 76.66.4120), conf. DTH
2004.
See notes under
G. trichophylla s.
l. These are the earliest specimens
confirmed as G. trichophylla s. str. using characters
given by Maier (2004). Information on the segregate is based
on specimens identified or reidentified since 2003 and field
records from 2004 onwards:
Notes on habitats in C&S are as follows.
Records almost entirely from inland sites (exception, poor
material apparently of this sp., leg. JAP det. DTH, on
Tresco). Horizontal to steeply inclined surfaces of granitic
boulders and outcrops; granite gate posts (almost unshaded and
lightly shaded); top of stone wall. Granitic boulder in
unshaded 'hedge' in moorland. Granitic rock of tops of
mortared walls including those of bridges. Associates include
Andreaea rothii, Racomitrium
heterostichum, less often Bryum dichotomum, Grimmia pulvinata. On
mortared bridge top also near calcicoles such as Didymodon rigidulus,
Schistidium
crassipilum, Tortula
muralis.
One old record cfr, 15 Aug. 1961 leg. JAP
(E and DTH), with mature
undehisced and dehiscing capsules.
