Urban myths exploded: results of a bryological survey of King’s Lynn (Norfolk, UK)

Stevenson, C. Robin; Hill, Mark O.. 2008 Urban myths exploded: results of a bryological survey of King’s Lynn (Norfolk, UK). Journal of Bryology, 30 (1). 12-22. 10.1179/174328208X282111

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Abstract/Summary

Generalizations about urban bryophytes in European cities have received little attention in Britain. Here they are treated as hypotheses, to be tested against the results of a detailed survey of King’s Lynn, a town of about 41 000 people in eastern England. During 1999–2004 the flora was enumerated in twenty-five 1-km squares, arranged in a square of side 5 km. The species total for King’s Lynn was 151, with an average of 42 species per 1-km square. We compared the flora of the town with that of the East Anglian region, from which 345 species have been recorded. Frequency of species in 1-km squares of King’s Lynn was strongly related to frequency in 5-km squares in East Anglia. The King’s Lynn flora was, for the region, exceptionally species-rich, with more calcifuges and fewer epiphytes than would be expected from the regional average. In the 1-km square containing the town centre, 28 species were recorded, of which Bryum caespiticium, Ceratodon purpureus, Funaria hygrometrica and Marchantia polymorpha were more frequent in the town than in the wider countryside.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1179/174328208X282111
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biodiversity > BD01 Conservation and Restoration of Biodiversity > BD01.1 Distributions and abundance of taxa
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Pywell
ISSN:	0373-6687
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Copyright: British Bryological Society 2008 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/jbr
Additional Keywords:	Biogeography, bryophyte attributes, East Anglia, Ellenberg values, floristics
NORA Subject Terms:	Botany Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	20 Jun 2008 12:25 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3090

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