Bryophytes and National Vegetation Classification

A course for keen amateurs and professionals that is focused on identification of bryophytes, including those used National Vegetation Classification (NVC). It will develop skills in field recognition and the identification of key species of bryophytes for the accurate identification of plant communities, full use being made of richly varied local woodland, grassland, coastal, upland and mire communities in Snowdonia and close to the field centre. Ecological indicator species will be highlighted. There will also be opportunities to see some of the special bryophytes for which this part of Wales is noted.

Martha Newton is a biological consultant, specialising in bryophytes, with wide
experience of teaching at all levels. Her publications are concerned with British and Antarctic bryophytes, as well as mosquito cyto-genetics. Much of her teaching and research has been at Manchester University, but she has also worked at Liverpool Museum on the revision of Flora Europaea. She is a British Bryological Society hepatic referee, and served for 19 years on the editorial board of the Journal of Bryology, 11 of them also as General Secretary of the BBS. Martha is able to provide students with individual help at all levels. She places strong emphasis on field characters and ecological indicators, encourages confidence in the use of keys, and endeavours to make her field courses as enjoyable as they are useful.

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