Colonists of limestone dry stone
walls In Winsley, West Wiltshire
Lichens
Dry stone wall
with crustose lichens
Caloplaca
aurantia |
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A
crustose lichen in close-up |
Lecanora citrina |
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Cladonia pyxidata
(Cup-moss) |
A wall
top covered in crustose lichens |
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Xanthoria parietina |
Fungi
Galerina pumila
Bryophytes
Tortula
muralis
(Wall
Screw-moss) |
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Schistidium apocarpum
(Common Beard-moss) |
Grimmia
pulvinata
(Grey
Cushion-moss) |
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Grimmia
pulvinata
(Grey
Cushion-moss) |
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Orthotrichum anomalum
(Anomalous
Bristle-moss) |
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Orthotrichum anomalum
(Anomalous
Bristle-moss)
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Bryum
capillare
(Greater
Matted Thread-moss) |
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Porella
platyphylla
(Wall Scale-moss) |
Wall with
Homalothecium sericeum
(Silky Wall Feather-moss) |
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Homalothecium sericeum
(Silky Wall Feather-moss) |
Encalypta vulgaris
(Common Extinguisher-moss) |
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Rhynchostegium confertum
(Clustered Feather-moss) |
Ferns
Asplenium
Ruta-muraria (Wall-Rue) |
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Asplenium
Ruta-muraria (Wall-Rue) |
Ceterach
officinarum (Rustyback) |
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Ceterach
officinarum (Rustyback) |
Polypodium
vulgare agg (Polypody) |
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Polypodium
vulgare agg (Polypody) |
Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue Fern) |
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Dryopteris filix-mas (Male Fern) |
Flowering plants
Geranium lucidum (Shining Cranesbill) |
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Geranium lucidum (Shining Cranesbill) |
Geranium pyrenaicum (Hedgerow Cranesbill) |
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Geranium
robertianum (Herb Robert) |
Saxifraga tridactylites (Rue-leaved Saxifrage) |
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Erophila verna (Common Whitlow-grass) |
Sedum acre
(Biting Stonecrop or Wall-pepper) |
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Sedum acre
(Biting Stonecrop or Wall-pepper) |
Umbilicus rupestris (Wall Pennywort) |
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Sedum rupestre (Reflexed Stonecrop) |
Wall with
Sedum acre
(Biting Stonecrop or Wall-pepper) |
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Wall with Erophila verna (Common Whitlow-grass) |
All pictures copyright John Presland
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