Pensthorpe Nature Reserve
A grand day out with the Norfolk & Suffolk Bryophyte Group
WIth Grateful thanks to Pensthorpe for allowing us to explore their reserve.
16 Spot Ladybird ( Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)
Annual Knawel (Scleranthus annuus)
Lateral Cryphaea ( Cryphaea heteromalla)
You can clearly see the difference between the old and new capsules
Frillwort Sp (Fossombronia Sp)
(to be confirmed)
Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinsky affine)
Unusually growing on stone
Lecanora hybocarpa completely covering the trunk of a tree in the car park,
(Except for the area below the tree guard)
Lichen Sp 1
Cladonia Sp
Jelly Lichen Sp
Possibly Leptogium turgidum
Lichen Sp 2
Lecanora muralis
A nice patch containing Grimmia pulvinata, Schistidium crassipilum & Orthotrichum anomalum.
Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)
White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)
You can see the 16 peristome teeth very clearly on some of the capsules.
Lichen Sp 3
Dog Lichen Sp (Pelitgera Sp)
Peligera hymenina
From
Dorset Nature
Male plants
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Physcia tenella
turned out to be
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta
from
British Lichen Society
Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)
Tortula sp
(to be confirmed)
Common Pottia (Tortula truncata) capsule 
Taper-leaved Awl-moss (Pleuridium acuminatum)
Pohlia Sp
Probably
Pale-fruited Thread-moss (Pohlia annotina) complete with bulbils
Xanthoria elegans
A very deep bright orange that looks a bit like broken coral at the margins
Green - tufted Stubble-moss (Weissia controversa var controversa))
In this case growing on the side of the sand pit
Growing on the stones along the track
Lecidella stigmatea
With Grateful thanks to Rob Yaxley the Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, comments and corrections.
Rex Graham Reserve
The Rex Graham Reserve
on the
Norfolk - Suffolk Border
Known for the only East Anglian site of Military Orchid and only the third site in the country.
Military Orchid (Orchis militaris)
A few more pictures pf the Orchids from 2017
The Rex Graham Reserve in late winter/early spring
Daphne Mazereum plus scent
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)
Common Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta vulgaris)
Pleurocarp Moss (Mosses that form freely branched intricate mats) Medley 
Stem Leaf You can just see the twin nerve.
Big Shaggy-moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus) Recently renamed as Hylocomidiadelphus triquetrus.
A large bushy moss with irregularly branched red stems.
The leaves tend to point in a variety of directions. You can clearly this species in the medley photo above.
BBS Field Guide
A very neat red stemmed moss. The leaves lie close to the stem.
Red-stemmed feather-moss ((Pleurozium schreberi)
BBS Field Guide
You can see this in the foreground of the medley above.
Another red-stemmed species
Glittering Wood-moss (Hylocomnium splendens)
All of these were seen on the bank when we first went into the reserve.
BBS Field Guide
If you look carefully in the medly photo above you can find another two species we saw there.
Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum) & Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)
Rock Bristle-moss (Seligaria Sp)?
In
fact
Chalk Rock-bristle (Seligeria calcarea)
Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campylium stellatum)
BBS Field Guide
Peltigera Sp?
Three Hills Reserve
A windrow.
Lines across the field where the tree stumps of past plantations provide a slightly elevated micro habitat.
Redshank seta and capsules. (Ceratadon purpureus)
Common Whitlow Grass (Erophila verna)
Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)
More often not seen at night so very nice to find this one today.
Mossy Stonecrop (Crassula tillaea) A rare native plant and Breckland speciality.
Great Mullein Rosette? (Verbascum thapsus)?
Male plants with modified leaves forming small terminal 'flowers'
The hairs on the hair cap are particularly conspicuous here
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
x10
x20
The nerve extends to the tip of the phyllid and the cells are essentially square.
Olive Beard-moss (Didymodon tophaceus) ?
Having grown this on
it turned out to be
Redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)
Rue-leaved Saxifrage rosette (Saxifraga tridactylites)
Slime Mold Sp? & friend?
Common Shepherd's-cress (Teesdalia naudicaulis)
Common Stork's-bill Rosette (Erodium cicutarium)
Dwarf Thistle Rosette (Cirsium acaule)
and
an unexpected
beautiful
extra one
from
just down the road
at
Rampart's Field
Hoary Fringe-moss (Racomitrium cannescens)