Tetralophozia filiformis
Marchantiophyta
Tetralophozia filiformis (Scapaniaceae)
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Rare
Distinguishing Features
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 lateral leaves are composed of four sharp, long-triangular and equal lobes that descend down 4/5ths of the leaf’s length, the lateral margins frequently ornamented with spurs and teeth. The underleaves are similair in length to the lateral leaves, likewise deeply dissected and adorned with spurs and teeth, but they have only two lobes. It should be noted that the lobes on the lateral leaves are at least twice as long as they are wide.
Similar species
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Habitat
Moist to dry cliffs, or rarely tree bases or decayed wood, in the lowland
Associated species
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