[1] "no GBIF data to display"Scapania ornithopoides
Marchantiophyta
Scapania ornithopoides (Scapaniaceae)
Bird’s Foot Earwort
Giant Arching Scapania
Rare
Distinguishing Features
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 very wet open coastal regions. The leaves have toothed, ellipsoidal and unequal lobes that are unique in showing no obvious point of convergence ("keel"), thus almost appearing as seperate leaves. The lobe tips are gently rounded, not pointed.
Similar species
In its habitat and size, S. ornithopoides could only be mistaken for S. bolanderi, which can grow under shrubs in extremely wet areas. That species, however, has a well developed and plainly visible keel, a feature lacking in S. ornithopoides.
Habitat
Moist to wet, often shady humus, rock outcrops, boulders, cliffs, bogs, fens, streambanks, seepage areas, and heath in the lowland and montane zones
Associated species
Herbertus aduncus, Mylia taylorii, Pleurozia purpurea, Dicranum majus, Dicranodontium denudatum