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Weissia multicapsularis
(Many-fruited beardless moss)
This moss, with its curious English name, forms small patches on the ground and on Cornish hedge banks. It forms small patches on...
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Weissia rostellata
(Beaked beardless moss)
Beaked beardless moss is a small moss that grows in tufts on damp soil and drying mud...
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Weissia sterilis
(Sterile beardless moss)
Sterile beardless moss occurs as patches or scattered stems. The stems are usually branched, and the branches are often clustered...
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Woodsia ilvensis
(Oblong woodsia)
This fern, thought to be Britain's rarest, is small in comparison with other members of its class. The variable-length leaves are a...
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