Jo Wilbraham
@jowilbraham.bsky.social
What a delight to visit fragments of temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. These fragile and fragmented habitats were once much more extensive. Dripping with both rain and bryophytes.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What a delight to visit fragments of temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. These fragile and fragmented habitats were once much more extensive. Dripping with both rain and bryophytes.
I was so happy to attend the International Association of Bryologists conference in Taiwan last week - Organised by the Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute and the Taiwan Bryological Society. Interesting presentations, good chat, and some time to get into the mountains to mingle with moss 💚
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I was so happy to attend the International Association of Bryologists conference in Taiwan last week - Organised by the Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute and the Taiwan Bryological Society. Interesting presentations, good chat, and some time to get into the mountains to mingle with moss 💚
Journeying home from a fantastic @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting this weekend - interesting to visit Thorne Moors, an area ravaged by industrial peat extraction which ceased in early 2000s. Conservation management in the region now focused on rewilding and restoring precious peatlands.
October 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Journeying home from a fantastic @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting this weekend - interesting to visit Thorne Moors, an area ravaged by industrial peat extraction which ceased in early 2000s. Conservation management in the region now focused on rewilding and restoring precious peatlands.
Summertime on the allotment 💚
August 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Summertime on the allotment 💚
It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World!
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
August 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World!
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
Dense mounds of Leucobryum moss - a joy to see on our walk through humid Oak woodland today 💚
July 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dense mounds of Leucobryum moss - a joy to see on our walk through humid Oak woodland today 💚
And so ends a magnificent week mossing around Frieberg and the Black Forest!
Huge thanks to Michael @milueth.bsky.social for leading our excursion and sharing some very special places and plants with us.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Michael @milueth.bsky.social for leading our excursion and sharing some very special places and plants with us.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
And so ends a magnificent week mossing around Frieberg and the Black Forest!
Huge thanks to Michael @milueth.bsky.social for leading our excursion and sharing some very special places and plants with us.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Michael @milueth.bsky.social for leading our excursion and sharing some very special places and plants with us.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Today we lunched amongst castle ruins home to four Schistidium species. A good chance to compare, contrast and be confused by this tricky genus.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today we lunched amongst castle ruins home to four Schistidium species. A good chance to compare, contrast and be confused by this tricky genus.
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Today, we bryologised atop Feldberg, Germany's highest (after the Alps..) mountain at 1400m. Many wonderful species, with Ptychostomum (Bryum) schleicheri and Bryum weigelii looking particularly sensational.
- BBS spring meeting in the Black Forest
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- BBS spring meeting in the Black Forest
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April 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today, we bryologised atop Feldberg, Germany's highest (after the Alps..) mountain at 1400m. Many wonderful species, with Ptychostomum (Bryum) schleicheri and Bryum weigelii looking particularly sensational.
- BBS spring meeting in the Black Forest
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
- BBS spring meeting in the Black Forest
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
Fantastic to see SO MANY Grimmia species on our trip around SW Germany. These cushions are Grimmia montana. Apparently the female plants of this species (quite rare) typically form more rounded cushions than the flatter males...
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@bbsbryology.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Fantastic to see SO MANY Grimmia species on our trip around SW Germany. These cushions are Grimmia montana. Apparently the female plants of this species (quite rare) typically form more rounded cushions than the flatter males...
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
Bryum alpinum in a suitably alpine habitat today up near a ski resort - very nice
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bryum alpinum in a suitably alpine habitat today up near a ski resort - very nice
Spent a lovely morning on the Rhine pottering over river rocks with three species of Cinclidotus and riverside trees with many nice epiphytes such as this Dialytrichia mucronata
@bbsbryology.bsky.social BBS Spring Meeting SW Germany
@bbsbryology.bsky.social BBS Spring Meeting SW Germany
April 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Spent a lovely morning on the Rhine pottering over river rocks with three species of Cinclidotus and riverside trees with many nice epiphytes such as this Dialytrichia mucronata
@bbsbryology.bsky.social BBS Spring Meeting SW Germany
@bbsbryology.bsky.social BBS Spring Meeting SW Germany
Today we hiked into the Black Forest on a quest to find Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana - an ellusive moss restricted to rocks laden with heavy metals @bbsbryology.bsky.social Spring Meeting SW Germany
April 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today we hiked into the Black Forest on a quest to find Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana - an ellusive moss restricted to rocks laden with heavy metals @bbsbryology.bsky.social Spring Meeting SW Germany
First day of the BBS meeting in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany - moss highlight for me was luxorious Rhytidium rugosum in the chalk grassland
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@bbsbryology.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
First day of the BBS meeting in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany - moss highlight for me was luxorious Rhytidium rugosum in the chalk grassland
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
Beautiful encounter with Pasqueflower - Pulsatilla vulgaris - in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany
April 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Beautiful encounter with Pasqueflower - Pulsatilla vulgaris - in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany
Visited a Sphagnum bog this week - there to look at the bryophytes but also fun to check in on the desmid algae situation! These tiny green jewels were hiding in submerged Sphagnum cuspidatum
March 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Visited a Sphagnum bog this week - there to look at the bryophytes but also fun to check in on the desmid algae situation! These tiny green jewels were hiding in submerged Sphagnum cuspidatum
I was introduced to a tiny moss (new to me) at the weekend on our BBS London group walk over chalk grassland. Seligeria calycina grows directly on the chalk, visible from afar only as small dark brown patches around the edge of pebbles.
March 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I was introduced to a tiny moss (new to me) at the weekend on our BBS London group walk over chalk grassland. Seligeria calycina grows directly on the chalk, visible from afar only as small dark brown patches around the edge of pebbles.
Porella platyphylla - a lovely big leafy liverwort, always a nice one to find. We spotted this one on the London BBS local group outing today. Sunshine and liverworts - top day!
March 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Porella platyphylla - a lovely big leafy liverwort, always a nice one to find. We spotted this one on the London BBS local group outing today. Sunshine and liverworts - top day!
I'm thrilled to share news of my new book - Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World - which is now available for pre-order at some book shops and will hit the streets in August.
Published by Princeton University Press:
tinyurl.com/Mosses-of-th...
Published by Princeton University Press:
tinyurl.com/Mosses-of-th...
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'm thrilled to share news of my new book - Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World - which is now available for pre-order at some book shops and will hit the streets in August.
Published by Princeton University Press:
tinyurl.com/Mosses-of-th...
Published by Princeton University Press:
tinyurl.com/Mosses-of-th...
Thamnobryum alopecurum reaching lofty heights in South London woodland. Usually a moss of the forest floor, don't think I've seen this as an epiphyte before!
February 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Thamnobryum alopecurum reaching lofty heights in South London woodland. Usually a moss of the forest floor, don't think I've seen this as an epiphyte before!
💚 Happy Valentine's Day 💚
February 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
💚 Happy Valentine's Day 💚
Lophocolea heterophylla, perhaps the commonest leafy liverwort in Britain, looking lovely with capsules elongated on translucent seta. Happened upon on a rotting log on South London woodland.
#MossMonday sensu lato!
#MossMonday sensu lato!
February 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Lophocolea heterophylla, perhaps the commonest leafy liverwort in Britain, looking lovely with capsules elongated on translucent seta. Happened upon on a rotting log on South London woodland.
#MossMonday sensu lato!
#MossMonday sensu lato!
Zygdon conoideus in South London woodland this weekend #MossMonday
February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Zygdon conoideus in South London woodland this weekend #MossMonday
Had a lovely time with Leucobryum in the forest earlier today
January 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Had a lovely time with Leucobryum in the forest earlier today