Tortula protobryoides Tall Pottia

An autoicous, acrocarpous moss which grows on calcaeous soils on banks, tracks, quarries and waste ground. The leaves have a long excurrent nerve, those at the top of the shoot larger than those below, and the elliptical capsules have lids that are not shed, unlike, for instance, those of Tortula caucasica. It has a rather eastern distribution in Britain, found most commonly in southeast England, and it is entirely coastal in Wales. It is restricted to the south Gower coast in West Glamorgan with scattered sites beteen Mumbles and Rhosili. Sporophyte capsules are usually abundant in winter and spring.

This species is also known as Protobryum bryoides.