Liverworts

Anastrepta orcadensis

Anastrophyllum assimile

Anastrophyllum donnianum

Anastrophyllum michauxii

Anthelia julacea

Easily overlooked in out of the way habitats, Anthelia julacea grows as tiny (<.5 mm wide) overlapping shoots packed into silvery, horizontal turfs on bare rock in areas of…

Anthelia juratzkana

Easily overlooked in out of the way habitats, Anthelia julacea grows as tiny (<.5 mm wide) overlapping shoots packed into silvery, horizontal turfs on bare rock in areas of…

Barbilophozia barbata

B. barbata is a large upright-to-arching predominantly 4-lobed leafy liverwort with relatively unbranched, green or green-brown shoots to 8 cm long and 5mm wide. The leaf…

Barbilophozia hatcheri

An occasional species of wet bedrock and streamside boulders, B. hatcheri forms variably erect to prostrate large green 4-lobed leafy shoots up to 5 cm tall and around 2 mm…

Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Barbilophozia lycopodioides is a large and dominant leafy liverwort in northern and montane landscapes, where is formed a groundcover of lanky yellow or green shoots that…

Barbilophozia sudetica

With typically 2-3 lobed lateral leaves on green shoots that are often tinged with rusty pigments at their tips, B. sudecita is an anomalous member of the genus known from…

Bazzania ambigua

A cryptic species of decaying wood and organic matter, Bazzania ambigua typically presents as green-to-brown horizontal shoots (~2 mm wide) that fork evenly. The arched…

Bazzania denudata

The most common member of the genus, Bazzania denudata typically presents as emerald-green horizontal shoots (~2 mm wide) that fork evenly and, as the species name…

Bazzania griffithiana

A rare species in highly restricted habitat, B. griffithiana forms large, loosely-branched scrambling yellow-to-brown shoots up to 8 cm long. Its triangular lateral leaves…

Bazzania pearsonii

Bazzania tricrenata

Loping over peaty grounds, decaying organic matter, tree trunks and bedrock, B. tricrenata is a predominantly yellow-brown species with shoots up to 4 cm long found in a…

Bazzania trilobata

An eye-catching plant of wet boggy ground, Bazzania trilobata has wide (3-6 mm) leafy green shoots that fork evenly at their tips. The leaves have have a rectangular shape…

Blepharostoma arachnoideum

Blepharostoma arachnoideum is a rare liverwort of very moist peatlands and creekbanks, where its transluscent green and delicately-branched leaves emerge from very narrow…

Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Delicate and filamentous plants of Blepharostoma are frequent but easy to overlook in their moist microhabitats, where they occur as transluscent yellow-to-green bristly…

Calypogeia azurea

A frequent species in the damp, dark and wet coastal coniferous forests in which it thrive, Calypogeia azurea occurs as a small, creeping blue plant on decaying organic…

Calypogeia integristipula

An infrequent species of creek and drainage banks, C. integrispula forms linear shoots >2 mm wide composed of two rows of round, opaque green leaves overlapping in a…

Calypogeia muelleriana

The most common species of the genus Calypogeia in our region, C. mulleriana is a dark green leafy liverwort with linear shoots (~2mm wide) composed of round leaves that…

Calypogeia neesiana

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Calypogeia neogaea

An infrequent species of wet, peaty banks, the light green and relatively large Calypogeia fissa forms long shoots (> 2cm) that loosely weave through other bryophytes. The…

Calypogeia sphagnicola

Tiny translucent green (~1mm wide) threads of Calypogeia sphagnicola are a frequent but easily overlooked component of bogs and fens, where they grow in and amongst the…

Calypogeia suecica

A rarely noticed species of decaying wood in coniferous forests, C. suecica is a tiny (~ 1 mm wide) pale-green plant with two rows of round leaves that overlap in a…

Cephalozia ambigua

A rarely observed species unique in the genus on account of being XXX, C. ambigua forms small green-brown shoots (~ .5 mm wide) of diagonally-inserted bilobed leaves that…

Cephalozia bicuspidata

A very common species, Cephalozia bicuspidata forms bright, creeping, translucent green shoots 1-2 mm wide on decaying wood and peat in wet forests and bogs. Inspection with…

Cephalozia macounii

A rare species forming tiny threads <<.5 mm across, C. macounii will need microscopic examination to identify (if not detect!). The bilobed leaves are the same width as the…

Cephaloziella divaricata

Small enough to evade notice (<.5 mm wide) but ambient enough to be found in almost any habitat, C. divaricata varies from green to black in colour and solitary threads to…

Cephaloziella elachista

One of two exclusively "Sphagnicolous" species in the genus, C. elachista is easily overlooked as wayward pale green hair or algae-like strands (< 1/4 mm wide to cms long)…

Cephaloziella hampeana

Poorly known in the region but cosmopolitan across the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Cephaloziella hampeana follows standard green-to-red, small…

Cephaloziella phyllacantha

A rare cryptic species of very damp rock and soil near waterfalls where it threads its way through other, larger bryophytes, Cephaloziella phyllacantha is a whitish green…

Cephaloziella rubella

A perplexing species with a reddish hue, Cephaloziella rubella has very narrow (~1/4 mm) leafy shoots. Under the hand lens, you should see leaves divided to about half their…

Cephaloziella spinigera

One of two exclusively "Sphagnicolous" species in the genus, C. spinigera is easily overlooked as wayward pale green hair or algae-like strands (< 1/4 mm wide to cms long)…

Cephaloziella turneri

The "biggest" species in the genus (shoots to about .5 mm wide and 1 cm long), Cephaloziella turneri is an infrequent yellowish green-to-brown presence in summer dry rocky…

Cephaloziella varians

Seemingly restricted to

Chiloscyphus pallescens

Common in habitats that are at least seasonally inundated with water, this species has large pale-green, delicate and square leaves that spread out from their attachment…

Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Common in habitats that are at least seasonally inundated with water, this species has large, dark green, delicate and square leaves that spread out from their attachment…

Crossocalyx hellerianus

Diplophyllum albicans

A frequent component of dark and wet forests, D. albicans forms luxuriant patches of little branched horizontal shoots (to about 3 cm long) growing from moist substrates.…

Diplophyllum obtusifolium

An infrequent colonizer of mineral soils, especially around forest margins, D. obtusifolium if a small plant with shoots < 1cm long, often in yellow-green or even bright red…

Diplophyllum taxifolium

A particularly conspicuous component of montane and subalpine rocky ledges, this green-to-bright yellow Diplophyllum forms thin, delicate of shoots 1-3 cm long by 3 mm wide.…

Douinia ovata

An occasional species that becomes increasingly prominent in moist microhabitats, this dull green liverwort with elongate leaves made up of unequal lobes forms scrambling…

Eremonotus myriocarpus

Fossombronia foveolata

Found along the fine sediments at the margins of seasonally-receeding water bodies, this uncommon montane species is instantly recognizable as a Fossombronia from the…

Fossombronia longiseta

Often obscured by other bryophytes and small grasses on seeping open soils or protected under south-facing rock overhangs, this translucent and frilly green occasional…

Frullania bolanderi

In seasonally water saturated environments, this infrequent, tiny but fiesty Frullania is likely to be noticed on account of frilly little mm-scale shoots shooting out from…

Frullania californica

Tiny (<1mm wide shoots) and often camouflaged against bark, this uncommon species of coastal forests is variably green and red, modestly branched and marked by upper leaf…

Frullania franciscana

Uncommon and cryptic, this small (<1mm wide) green-to-purple Frullania is most likely to be found along very moist shorelines, where it creeps over the rocks and dwarf sitka…

Frullania hattoriana

A seemingly rare species of montane old growth forest near the coast, you could be forgiven for overlooking this tiny, appressed yellow-red epiphyte that forms cm-scale…

Frullania nisquallensis

A very common species of coastal forests and rocks, the variably green but more often dark purple shoots are narrow (~ 2mm wide or less) and creep over their substrate…

Fuscocephaloziopsis albescens

With relatively wide (> 1 mm) and worm-like pale green shoots clustering amongst and growing through Sphagnum in subalpine areas, F. albescens takes some work to see. The…

Fuscocephaloziopsis catenulata

Known from only a few records south of Alaska, F. catenulata xxxx

Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens is a common species typical of wet wood and decaying organic matter, on which its small (~ 1 mm wide) translucent green shoots creep. The two…

Fuscocephaloziopsis leucantha

Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

The small (~.5 mm wide) linear shoots of F. lunulifolia are an opaque green and easily overlooked on the decaying wood and peat that they grow over. Close inspection show a…

Fuscocephaloziopsis monticola

F. monticola is an infrequent species forming relatively dense albeit small turfs of stiff, compressed dark green shoots up to 3 mm wide along slopes in the high subalpine.…

Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Forming tiny (< 1mm wide), translucent shoots in peaty areas, F. pleniceps is an often overlooked and ergo uncommon bilobed leafy liverwort species. Hand lens inspection of…

Geocalyx graveolens

Infrequent and easy to confuse with other two-lobed species, Geocalyx graveolens creeps loosely over its substrate, its yellow-green shoots bearing leaves that spread out…

Gymnomitrion alpinum

Forming fine carpets of rusty red shoots 1-2 mm wide over mineral soil and debris along flushes, G. alpinum has a lanky habit on account of its loosely overlapping bilobed…

Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Gymnomitrion commutatum

Gymnomitrion concinnatum

A less common species of subalpine rock, G. concinnatum occurs as white wormy shoots to 2 cm long that occasionally branch as they loosely wend along the bases and in the…

Gymnomitrion corallioides

One of the few liverworts to truly match its common name, G. coralloides presents as a lawn of densely compressed, pale whitish-green, rounded shoots to 2 cm tall by 2.5 mm…

Gymnomitrion obtusum

Thriving on vertical rock faces, G. obtusum presents itself in dense tufts of downtrending white, wormy shoots up to 1 mm wide by centimeter(s) long. With a hand lens you…

Gymnomitrion pacificum

Gymnomitrion revolutum

A rare species of high altitudes and elevations, G. revolutum is variably red along its relatively wide (1-2 mm) and long (up to 5 mm) prostrate shoots of loosely…

Hygrobiella laxifolia

Jungermannia atrovirens

Jungermannia borealis

Jungermannia exsertifolia

Jungermannia polaris

Jungermannia pumila

Kurzia makinoana

In its ideal world of permanently moist decaying organic matter, K. makinoana presents itself as an almost imperceptiple transluscent dark green fuzz that calls to mind only…

Kurzia pauciflora

Restricted to permanently moist, open bog habitats, variably green K. pauciflora forms a very fine (<1/4 mm wide) filamentous fuzz in and amongst the sprigs of Sphagnum. The…

Kurzia trichoclados

Virtually identical to other members of its genus, K. trichoclados is a tiny (~1/4 mm wide) and easily-overlooked or mitaken yellow-brown species with highly dissected and…

Lepidozia filamentosa

Presenting as a luxuriant, regularly and closely branched yellow plume of a leafy liverwort, Lepidozia filamentosa can form large, feather-like patches of shoots up to 5 cm…

Lepidozia reptans

Typically green or yellow-green, Lepidozia reptans is a dominant component of the decaying understories in coniferous forests, where it forms creeping and regularly-branched…

Lepidozia sandvicensis

A large,seemingly filamentous plant, Lepidozia sandvicensis presents as a minature transluscent green tumbleweed, its shoots up to 5 cm long with numerous long branches…

Liochlaena lanceolata

Lophocolea bidentata

Lophocolea bidentata occurs dependably on logs (amongst other substrates) as tightly appressed, light green and transluscent creeping leafy shoots to 3 mm wide and many…

Lophocolea heterophylla

Found on a variety of substrates in moist habitats, L. heterophylla grows tightly appressed and creeping, its light-to-dark green leaves spreading out like flags 90 degrees…

Lophocolea minor

A small and easily-overlooked species of decaying wood, Lophocolea minor is a creeping species with pale yellow-green shoots roughly 1 mm wide to about 1 cm long. Like other…

Macrodiplophyllum flaccidum

An infrequent species of uncommonly moist low-elevation microhabitats (waterfalls, deep canyons), M. flaccidum is marked by elongate, toothed lobes and a glossy palour. The…

Macrodiplophyllum imbricatum

An infrequent species of higher elevation, M. imbricatum is a yellow or yellow brown robust rock and tundra dweller with smooth lobe margins and an upper lobe oriented at ~…

Macrodiplophyllum microdontum

Macrodiplophyllum plicatum

Macrodiplophyllum rubrum

An occasional giant (up to 1 cm wide) of very wet and peaty coniferous forest, this west coast endemic has wide spreading, elongate and deep green leaves fringed in places…

Marsupella apiculata

Marsupella aquatica

Marsupella boeckii

Marsupella condensata

Marsupella emarginata

Marsupella sparsifolia

Marsupella sphacelata

Marsupella sprucei

Marsupella stableri

Metzgeria americana

A rare but luxuriant (up to 3mm wide), fuzzy and frilly Metzgeria of extremely moist coastal forests, this species forms large convoluted ribbons that jut free some distance…

Metzgeria conjugata

A frequent and elongate simple thalloid liverwort in moist forests and shaded rock outcrops, the translucent green M. conjugata can occur as isolated shoots (1-2 mm wide and…

Metzgeria leptoneura

A rare species of the wet coasts, where it XXX

Metzgeria lindbergii

A robust and translucent species of wet coastal forests and rock, the evenly-forking M. lindbergii is an uncommon species with a very rigid growth habit, growing…

Metzgeria pubescens

An occasional species of trees and rocks (especially limestone), the whitish hue of dry M. pubescens is most apparent when the plant is thriving in tufts. When wet, the…

Metzgeria temperata

Typically tightly appressed to bark (especially vine maple), M. temperata is frequent in moist coastal microhabitats. The narrow, dull green thallus tapers towards its tip…

Mylia anomala

Mylia anomala is seemingly restricted to bog and fen habitats, where it worms its way through Sphagnum, presenting at the surface as oppositely-arranged and converging…

Mylia taylorii

Running a gamut of colours from dark green to bright yellows and radiant reds, the wide-spreading leafy shoots (up to 5 mm wide) of Mylia taylorii are a common sight on…

Nardia

The genus Nardia encompasses a somewhat varied group of mostly erect, unbranched species that with ovate, unlobed or evenly two-lobed lateral leaves with smooth, incurved…

Nardia breidleri

The smallest species of Nardia in the region, N. breidleri has light-green to reddish-brown leafy shoots less than .5 mm wide that can be found around arctic and alpine…

Nardia compressa

Plants of Nardia compressa are laterally compressed such that the wide, round and overlapping leaves give the appearance of nested clam shells. The ascendant green shoots…

Nardia geoscyphus

Nardia insecta

Nardia japonica

Nardia scalaris

The most common and variable member of the genus, N. scalaris presents as a reliably green mat-forming species with prostrate shoots typically to 3 cm long and roughly 2 mm…

Neoorthocaulis attenuatus

With stiffly erect and often tapering yellow green shoots up to 5 cm tall and 2 mm wide, N. attenuatus stands out in boulder and ledge rockscapes in which it occasionally…

Neoorthocaulis binsteadii

Neoorthocaulis floerkei

One of the dominant under heath groundcovers of montane and subalpine habitats, yellow-green N. floerkei forms luxuriant carpets of horizontal leafy shoots that can grow…

Odontoschisma denudatum

Running the gamut of reds, browns, yellows and greens, the small (< 1 cm tall by ~ 1 mm wide), upright shoots of O. denudata are a constant companion of decaying organic…

Odontoschisma elongatum

Common in rare habitat, Odontoschisma elongatum presents itself on inorganic creek banks of very wet, boggy regions as a dark green-brown, reclined shoot of intermediate…

Odontoschisma fluitans

Scarcely seen in the rare boggy habitat in which it occurs, O. fluitans is a stringy plant with dark green-to-brown shoots up to 2 mm wide. Up close, you should be able to…

Odontoschisma macounii

Restricted to high latitudes and altitudes, the erect yellow shoots of Odontoschisma macounii stand to about 1 cm tall with leaves that spread out from the stem near to a 90…

Plagiochila arctica

Known from scant northern records, P. arctica has been variously synonymized with P. porelloides and P. asplenioides

Plagiochila asplenioides

Plagiochila gracilis

Plagiochila porelloides

On account of its large size (leafy shoots can be >5 mm wide and longer than 5 cm), prominent teeth on large, deep green leaves bearing a conspicuous basal pleat, the common…

Plagiochila semidecurrens

Plagiochila semidecurrens is an uncommon plant of very wet habitats, where its horizontal stems are laden with drooping, roundly folded and very toothy leaves that are shiny…

Porella cordaeana

A frequent species of deciduous trees and dark cliffs, P. cordaeana has matte-green and delicate shoots that show distant but regular branching. From the underside, the…

Porella navicularis

A massive and common leafy liverwort that often dominates deciduous forests, forming large carpets of creeping-to-swooping shiny green/yellow/brown shoots with closely…

Porella roellii

An occasional species of exposed rocks, P. roelli is typically a yellow-brownish and glossy plant that has branches few and far between. From the underside with a hand lens…

Radula auriculata

Another rare but luxuriant species of wet coastal regions, R. auriculata forms golden yellow to green, elongate (>5 cm) and lanky shoots that exhibit frequent, albeit…

Radula bolanderi

A frequent and tiny epiphytic component of wet forests, F. bolanderi has appressed shoots less than 1 mm wide and leaves that barely overlap. It is most easily recognized by…

Radula complanata

The most common species of Radula in the region, R. complanata is predominantly epiphytic (especially at low elevations) and composed of closely-overlapping dull…

Radula obtusiloba

A luxuriant and infrequent species of wet coasts and exceedingly moist canyon microhabitats, R. obtusiloba is a much branched plant with triangular shoots 5-10 cm long and…

Radula prolifera

Riccia beyrichiana

Ephemeral and rare, R. beyrichiana forms small (<1cm) and often incomplete green-to-purple rosettes on fine, seasonally moist soils. The presence of small (use your hand…

Riccia cavernosa

Another ephemeral and rare species of fine, seasonally saturated mineral-rich soils, R. caverosa appears tiny (<<1cm) but tall thallus segments that are very tall relative…

Riccia fluitans

Infrequent but abundant where it does occur, this aquatic, narrow and elongate Riccia floats in tangles of duckweed and other aquatic plants. The thallus can grow up to 3cm…

Riccia frostii

An infrequent species that forms massive populations on seasonally exposed lake and river margins, R. frostii forms 1-2cm wide red and green rosettes with a perforated upper…

Riccia glauca

A rare, Riccia about 1cm in diameter found in seasonally exposed sediments, it forms isolated populations that are once-to-thrice branched with a characteristic white frosty…

Riccia huebeneriana

A rare species that forms small green-to-puple-tinged rosettes (<1cm) of narrow and porous thallus segments on moist, seasonally exposed fine sediments. Up close, the plants…

Riccia lamellosa

A rare species thus far known only from sloping and seasonally saturated fine sediments over rock, R. lamellosa appears as small (~5mm) thalli with a smooth upper surface…

Riccia sorocarpa

When present, this occasional species of fine, disturbed soils can grow in large populations of overlapping rosettes up to 2cm wide and composed of bright green-to-purple…

Riccia trichocarpa

A rare species, R. trichocarpa forms small rosettes (~1cm wide) on thin soils with open exposure. These rosettes distinguished by an abundance of hairs present all around…

Ricciocarpos natans

An occasional aquatic or semi-aquatic liverwort from stagnant waters, R. natans forms tight and large (1cm or larger) rosettes that are grooved and green above and black…

Scapania americana

Scapania americana forms large and frequent patches on red-tinged downsweeping leafy shoots to 4 mm wide and 3+ cm long. Up close, you will see the characteristic unequally…

Scapania apiculata

Scapania apiculata is a rare deadwood dweller with small, light green shoots (<2 mm wide x 5 mm long). With a hand lens, you should be able to make out 3 key features: (1)…

Scapania bolanderi

The dominant epiphytic Scapania of our region, S. bolanderi is a handsome, tuft-forming yellow-green species of conifer trunks with wide (up to 3.5 mm) leafy shoots that can…

Scapania brevicaulis

Scapania brevicaulis is a rare and northern Arctic-alpine species, where it grows as green-to-brown leafy shoots to 5 cm long and 4 mm wide. While the upper lobe is wider…

Scapania curta

Scapania curta is a small and easily overlooked montane member of the genus, its green-brown shoots never exceeding 15 mm in length nor 3 mm in width. While highly variable…

Scapania cuspiduligera

Scapania cuspiduligera is a rarely-recorded green to brown alpine and timberline plant with leafy shoots to 2 cm long and 2.5 mm wide. Its two nearly equal lobes have sharp…

Scapania glaucocephala

A small and regionally rare liverwort known from one poorly located specimen from the early 1900s, S. glaucocephala is a boreal wood-dweller with green-to-brown leafy shoots…

Scapania gymnostomophila

The rare (or at least overlooked in rare habitats) Scapania gymnostomophila is endemic to wet limestone and marble boulders and bedrock around creeks, where if forms tiny…

Scapania hians

Regionally known from only 2 collections north of Whistler, BC, Scapania hians is a small brownish green plant with leafy shoots up to 2 cm long and 1.5 mm wide. It has…

Scapania hollandiae

Scapania hollandaie is another rare alpine and northern species known regionally from NW British Columbia and the North Cascades of Washington State, where is grows on silt…

Scapania irrigua

As suggested by its latin name, Scapania irrigua is a cosmopolitan species of (seasonally) aquatic habitats, with horizontally scrambling light green-to-brown leafy shoots…

Scapania kaurinii

Known from only one specimen in all of Western North America, S. kaurinii is a a rock dwelling tundra plant with green-to-brown leafy shoots up to 3 cm long and 3.5 mm wide.…

Scapania mucronata

Scapania mucronata is a rare species of rock, soil and wood with small, green to brown leafy shoots (<3 mm wide x <12 mm long). With a hand lens, you should be able to make…

Scapania obscura

Scapania obscura is an relatively small green to brown or even blackish aquatic plant to 2 cm long and 2 mm wide. The lobes have smooth margins, are nearly equal in size and…

Scapania ornithopoides

The rare Scapania ornithopoides is the largest species in the genus, its red-yellow leafy shoots measuring 5+ cm long and up to 5 mm wide as they arch off of peaty slopes in…

Scapania paludicola

The rare Scapania paludicola is a large green-to brown species, with leafy shoots to 8 cm long and 4.5 mm wide. The unequal top and bottom leaf lobes have relatively smooth…

Scapania scandica

Scapania scandica is a a regionally rare subalpine species with green to purple-brown leafy shoots up to 2 cm long and 2.5 mm wide. The toothed and sharply pointed lobes are…

Scapania simmonsii

Known regionally from only a few locations in the mountains and tundra of BC and Alaska, S. simmonsii is a a rare, brownish species with leafy shoots to 5 cm long and 3 mm…

Scapania spitsbergensis

Known from only three records in northern alpine and arctic tundra, Scapania spitsbergensis is a green to purple soil and rock dweller with shoots to 7 cm long and 3.5 mm…

Scapania subalpina

Forming compact whitish green to reddish brown turfs over fine detritus on subalpine bedrock faces, S. subalpina is an infrequent species with leafy shoots 1.5-4 mm wide and…

Scapania uliginosa

A species of wetland and bog floors, S. uliginosa forms wide, horizontally spreading shoots (to 4 mm x 3+ cm long) that vary from green to purple hues based on exposure.…

Scapania umbrosa

Scapania umbrosa is ambient but easy to overlook on the fallen moist conifer logs it calls home. Growing in dense tufts of tiny green shoots (~1.5 mm wide by <1 cm long)…

Scapania undulata

Scapania undulata is the most common Scapania in habitats that are at least seasonally inundated with water. The flaccid shoots are little-branched and elongate (to 4 mm…

Schistochilopsis incisa

Schistochilopsis incisa is an ambient and unmistakeable species found across most elevations and habitats in our region, especially decaying wood and organic matter, where…

Schljakovia kunzeana

Schljakovia kunzeana is another easily overlooked subalpine rock and heath-dwelling species that forms turf-forming, horizontally-overlapping linear shoots coloured green…

Schljakovianthus quadrilobus

A small, ground-dwelling species of tundra, S. quadrilobus forms dense patches or erect to forward-leaning olive-green to brown shoots up to 3 cm long and 1.5 mm wide. The…

Sphaerocarpos texanus

A rarely-noticed but seemingly weedy species of disturbed soils, S. texanus is amongst the most charismatic of liverworts in the region on account of its abundant…

Sphenolobopsis pearsonii

Sphenolobus minutus

Slender, thread-like, sparingly branched, yellowish-brown to olive-green shoots, often in loose mats, with strongly concave, deeply bilobed (0.3-0.5x length), slightly…

Sphenolobus saxicola

Erect, rounded, orange-brown to yellow-green shoots with densely overlapping, concave, deeply bilobed (0.3-0.5x leaf length) leaves. Gemmae absent

Tetralophozia filiformis

Often hiding in tangles of other bryophytes on rock, the cryptic Tetralophozia filiformis forms narrow yellow-brown and pendant shoots around .5 mm wide and 2 cm long. The…

Tetralophozia setiformis

A dominant ground and rock dwelling species in northern climes, T. setiformis can form continuous carpets of ascending yellow-brown leafy shoots from 1-to-15 cm long and…