Gymnomitrion alpinum

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Gymnomitriaceae

Genus: Gymnomitrion

Scientific Name: Gymnomitrion alpinum (Gottsche ex Husn.) Schiffn.

Common Name	Alpine Rustwort
Frequency	Infrequent

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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

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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

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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.