Barbilophozia barbata
| Common Name | Bearded Pawwort |
| Frequency | Infrequent |
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Distinguishing Features
B. barbata is a large upright-to-arching predominantly 4-lobed leafy liverwort with relatively unbranched, green or green-brown shoots to 8 cm long and 5mm wide. The leaf lobes have rounded tips and are identical in shape and size, uniting at the bases of sinuses that descend to about 1/4 of the leaf’s total length. The leaf is attached obliquely to the stem and underleaves are absent.
Similar species
Species of Tritomaria typically have 3 lobes that are not symmetrical and the shoots are reclined. In Barbilophozia barbata, leaves are symmetrical with occasionally 3 but predominantly 4 lobes and the shoots are upright. Neoorthocaulis floerkii can have 4 symmetrical lobes, but it also has a prominent underleaf that is absent in B. barbata. Within the genus Barbilophozia, B. hatcheri is laden with red gemmae gemmae that are absent in B. barbata. B. lycopodioides is similair in stature to B. barbata, but its leaf lobes are tipped by a little spine, whereas the leaf lobes in B. barbata lack said spine.
Habitat
Moist to mesic humus, rock outcrops, boulders, cliffs, decayed wood, streambanks, and heath in the lowland (rare), steppe (rare), montane, and subalpine zones
Associated species
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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.