Barbilophozia hatcheri

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Scapaniaceae

Genus: Barbilophozia

Scientific Name: Barbilophozia hatcheri (A.Evans) Loeske

Common Name	Hatcher's Pawwort
Frequency	Infrequent

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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).

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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

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Relevant Literature

Godfrey, J.D. (1977). Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of southwestern British Columbia . [Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia]. UBC cIRcle.
Hong, W. S. (2007). Scapania. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico (Vol. 3) . Oxford University Press.
Wagner, D. H. (2013). Guide to the liverworts of Oregon: Scapania undulata . Oregon State University Herbarium.