- A Checklist and Census Catalogue of British and Irish Bryophytes
A Checklist and Census Catalogue of British and Irish Bryophytes (ISBN 0-9507639-7-7) is a A5 softback book produced in
1998 by theBritish Bryological Society . It attempts to present a complete picture of thevice-county distribution ofbryophyte species in Britain andIreland (including theIsle of Man and theChannel Islands ). Its compilers wereT. L. Blockeel andD. G. Long .An introduction outlines the history of distributional recording of bryophytes in Britain and Ireland and describes the approach to data collection and verification for the 1998 checklist. This is followed by a section giving an explanation of the
vice-county recording system . A list of excluded taxa is given.The bulk of the book (129 pages) consists of the census catalogue itself. This is presented as a list of
taxa , insystematic order , with, for each taxon a list of the vice-counties in which it has been recorded. Vice-county numbers rather than names are used, in order to make efficient use of space. A distinction is made between two time-periods: (i) taxa recorded since 1950 and (ii) taxa which have not been recorded since 1950.The most recent publication dealing with this subject prior to the 1998 work was the "
Distribution of Bryopyhtes in the British Isles " byM. F. V. Corley andM. O. Hill , which was published in 1981.The front cover of the book contains a
pen-and-ink illustration of theWestern Featherwort , "Plagiochila atlantica".ee also
* "
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland "
* "Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain "
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