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Sunday, 21st October 2007
 

The Scottish Biodiversity List - Species & Habitat Detail

 
 

This table shows how Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum meets the criteria used to develop the Scottish Biodiversity List.

 

Click on the MORE DETAILS link to find out more information about it. For species, a distribution map from the NBN Gateway is provided. For NVC habitats, information is drawn from the NBN Habitats Dictionary. Marine habitat information is drawn from the JNCC website.

 
     
 
DETAILS
Name
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum
Common Name
Scottish Beard-moss
Authority
D.G.Long
Group
Other plants
More Information (Please be aware that the NBN Gateway may not hold information on all species recorded on the Scottish Biodiversity List.)
MORE DETAILS
 
CRITERIA (for more details click here)
(S1) UK Priority Species - on UKBAP list
Yes
(S2) International Obligations
(S3) "Nationally Rare" at the UK level? i.e. found in between 1-15 ten km sqs
Yes
(S4) Present in 5 or fewer 10km sqs OR sites in Scotland
(S5) Decline of 25% or more in Scotland over the last 25yrs - based on previous column or published data
(S6a) Endemic SPECIES to Scotland?
Yes
(S6b) Endemic SUB-SPECIES or RACE that also meets at least one other criterion?
(H1) UK Priority Habitat - on UKBAP list
(H2) Rare natural / semi natural habitat in Scotland ( i.e. less than ten sites or five 10km squares)
(H3) Natural / Semi Natural habitat of importance for data deficient groups (e.g. fungi, bryophytes, lichens, algae, inverts)
(H4) Natural / Semi Natural habitat unique to Scotland within the UK
(M1) UK Priority Habitat/Species - UKBAP list
(M2a) Rare species in Scottish waters - i.e. <250 mature individuals or <6 10km squares or 3 ICES rectangles
(M2b) Habitat occurs in fewer than 6 locations in Scottish Waters
(M3) Important habitat for supporting marine plant and animal assemblages that are data deficient
(M4) Significant decline in species / habitat: >25 % reduction of area or numbers.
(SO1) Species and habitats important to the Scottish Public *
 
HABITAT TYPES
Sea / Estuary
Water (inland)
Littoral Rock/Sediment
Supra-littoral rock/sediment
Bog
Dwarf shrub heath
Montane habitats
YES
Broad leaved/mixed woodland
Coniferous woodland
Arable and horticulture
Improved grassland
Abandoned and derelict grassland
Semi-natural grasslands and bracken
Fen, marsh and swamp
Built-up areas, gardens
Inland Bare Ground
Littoral rock
Littoral sediment (e.g. mud, sand, shingle, pebbles)
Infralittoral rock (shallower rock dominated by seaweeds)
Circalittoral rock (deeper rock dominated by animals)
Sublittoral sediment (e.g. mud, sand, shingle, pebbles)
Open sea
 
 

* Some items on the Scottish Biodiversity List have been identified as being important to the Scottish Public. The items denoted by A, P or H for Animals, Plants or Habitats are identified here.

 
     
   



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