Woodland plants for identification

[Besnard Lake]

Hello all,

I am carrying out a woodland survey and would appreciate help in identifying the following ferns, grass and mosses.

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7.

Many thanks

Bes

[Adam Cheeseman]

3. Herb Bennet Geum urbanum

Cheers,

Adam

[Besnard Lake]

Excellent,

Thanks Adam

[Johnny Redgate]

I'll have a go

1. Moss - not sure which.
2. Broad Buckler-fern
3. Wood Avens/Herb Bennet
4. A sedge, maybe Wood Sedge but guessing really
5. Male Fern
6. Male Fern
7. Moss - not sure which.

[Dorts]

1. Not clear enough for positive ID but poss. Brachythecium rutabulum .
2. Broad Buckler Fern - Dryopteris austriaca.
3. Herb Bennet - Geum urbanum.
4. Common Woodrush - Luzula pilosa.
5. Dryopteris sp. (poss. felix- mas).
6. Male Fern - Dryopteris felix-mas.
7. Minium hornum.
Dorts.

[stigofthedump]

Im drawn to Rhynchostegium confertum for 7.


Vince

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by stigofthedump

Im drawn to Rhynchostegium confertum for 7.
Vince

I agree it is a possibility, though Rhynchostegium confertum does tend to be more 'open' and 'feathery' than the plant shown.
Dorts.

[stigofthedump]

You could be correct Dorts, my eyesight is not the best. Just going on the sporophytes, to the very left of the photo there looks to be a beak to one of the capsules. That with the general jizz of it is what I based my judgement on.

Vince

[Johnny Redgate]

Originally Posted by Dorts

4. Common Woodrush - Luzula pilosa.
Dorts.

I'd have expected shorter, wider, hairy yellow-green leaves with sometimes a pinkish-brown tinge on L. pilosa (Hairy Wood-rush).

[Dorts]

I am quite sure it is not one of the common wood-sedges or grasses, that only leaves Luzula and it is not L. forsteri or L. sylvatica. My instinct took me immediately to Common (Hairy) Woodrush but as always, happy to hear other possibities..
The hairs on L. pilosa are much more noticable on young fresh leaves.
Dorts.