Scapania ornithopoides

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Scapaniaceae

Genus: Scapania

Scientific Name: Scapania ornithopoides (With.) Waddell

Common Name	Bird's Foot Earwort
Frequency	Rare

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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.

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Diagnostic Characters

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

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.