BRITISH BRYOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Survey of the
Bryophytes of Arable Land

 

   

WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

  • What is the SBAL project all about? Look at the Introduction page.
  • The project was launched at a BBS Arable Bryophytes workshop at Preston Montford in November 2002. The Meeting Report includes images of Didymodon tomaculosus, new to Shropshire.
  • A page about Didymodon tomaculosus including Tom Blockeel's profile of the plant, a distribution map, and Ron Porley's images of material from Yorkshire.
  • A map is available showing the location of the tetrads selected for random survey..
  • The 10-km squares in which fields have been surveyed are also mapped.
  • A page of 'anecdotal bryology' giving progress reports sent in by SBAL recorders. Read the latest report on Extreme Arable Bryology.
  • read the 2003 report by Chris Preston.
  • A new page about the tubers of Pohlia melanodon

With 825 cards for 812 fields by June 2005 the recording is now complete. Well done to all who contributed. We now await the results with eager anticipation.

 

 

 
       

Contact details:

For general queries about the SBAL project: contact Mark Hill (CEH Monks Wood)
For queries about or problems with the SBAL Website: contact Jonathan Sleath
Visit the BBS Website for more details about the British Bryological Society.

 

       
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