Gymnomitrion alpinum
Marchantiophyta
Gymnomitrion alpinum (Gymnomitriaceae)
Alpine Rustwort
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Infrequent
Distinguishing Features
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 leaves. HELP
Similar species
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Habitat
Moist to wet, usually seepy cliffs, rock outcrops, ledges, crevices, boulders, boggy slopes, snowbed sites, and tundra in the lowland, montane, subalpine, and alpine zones
Associated species
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