Penrice Wood

A selection of ferns, mosses & liverworts found growing on a Limestone outcrop in the wood at Penrice today:

Rambling Tail-moss (Anomodon viticulosus)
locally abundant on Limestone rocks and walls around Gower 

MacKay's Pouncewort (Marchesinia mackaii)
scarce in Glamorgan, but a good population at Penrice

Wall Scalewort (Porella platyphylla)
frequent on Limestone rocks and walls around Gower 

Southern Polypody (Polypodium cambricum)
growing from Rambling Tail-moss
scarce in Glamorgan, on walls and more rarely trees