YNU Bryological Section report for 2017

摘要

Two sectional meetings were held in 2017 and are reported below. Nomenclature follows the current British Checklist and Census Catalogue (Hill et al., 2008).There are few recent bryophyte records from Arkengarthdale and our spring meeting in 2017 was an opportunity to remedy this. We gathered at Langthwaite on Saturday 6 May, in what had been an exceptionally dry spring. Water levels in the streams were low, and most habitats were very parched. Our route took us from Langthwaite in a south-easterly direction along the Arkle Beck, where we recorded ruderals and other common species on walls and by the track.