Blepharostoma arachnoideum

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Genus: Blepharostoma

Scientific Name: Blepharostoma arachnoideum M.Howe

Common Name	None
Frequency	Rare

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Distinguishing Features

Blepharostoma arachnoideum is a rare liverwort of very moist peatlands and creekbanks, where its transluscent green and delicately-branched leaves emerge from very narrow (<1/4 mm wide) shoots. The leaves are formed of 2-3 linear segments that are divided all the way to the base of the leaf. Close inspection shows that these linear segments are one cell wide and in turn tend to branch.

Similar species

See notes under Blepharostoma trichophyllum.

Habitat

Moist to wet mineral soil, cliffs, rock outcrops, swamps, streambanks, decayed wood, and waterfall spray zones, occasionally submerged in shallow water, in the lowland zone

Associated species

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Distribution Map

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.