Barbilophozia barbata
Marchantiophyta
Barbilophozia barbata (Scapaniaceae)
Bearded Pawwort
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Infrequent
Distinguishing Features
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 lobes have rounded tips and are identical in shape and size, uniting at the bases of sinuses that descend to about 1/4 of the leaf’s total length. The leaf is attached obliquely to the stem and underleaves are absent.
Similar species
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Habitat
Moist to mesic humus, rock outcrops, boulders, cliffs, decayed wood, streambanks, and heath in the lowland (rare), steppe (rare), montane, and subalpine zones
Associated species
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