Barbilophozia hatcheri
Marchantiophyta
Barbilophozia hatcheri (Scapaniaceae)
Hatcher’s Pawwort
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Infrequent
Distinguishing Features
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 wide. The shoots are typically topped by abundant, densely-arrnaged and bright red clusters of asexual reproductive bodies ("gemmae") that are quite diagnostic within this genus for our region. The lobes of the lateral leaves have sharp tips and descent to down between 20-40% of the leaf’s length. Underleaves are present, and the bases of the lateral leaves are marked by the presence of "cilia" (see photo).
Similar species
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Habitat
Moist to mesic humus, rock outcrops, boulders, decayed wood, streambanks, snowbed sites, heath, and tundra in the montane, subalpine, and alpine zones
Associated species
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