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There are currently about a dozen people actively
making bryophyte records in the county, and the
following species have been added to the Essex
list since the Flora of Essex was published:
*Sphagnum papillosum *Racomitrium canescens
.Sphagnum capillaceum var. ericoides
*Polytrichum commune Pohlia lutescens
var. perigonale Bryum torquescens
Campylopus pyriformis *Rhizomnium
var. azoricus pseudopunctatum
Leucobryum juniperoideum .Zygodon forsterii
.Tortula ruralis .Climacium dendroides
var. ruraliformis
*Camylium polygamum
.Tortula papillosa 
Hypnum mammillatum
*Aloina brevirostris
*Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Pottia starkeana 
subsp. conica Marchantia alpestris
Pottia starkeana Riccia cavernosa
subsp. minutula .Barbilophozia attenuata
Trichostomopsis umbrosa Lophozia personii
Tortella tortuosa 
Frullania tamarisci
Bryum flaccidum
Key: * herbarium material recently located, some
may now be extinct.
. species formerly recorded but not seen until
recently following a long interval.
The nomenclature for the above list is taken from
a DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOPHYTES IN THE BRITISH ISLES,
Corley & Hill, 1981; - which lists all the British
and Irish species with their distribution on a
Vice county basis. Available at £5.00 post free
from Ken Adams, British Bryological Society Sales,