Gymnomitrion alpinum
| 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
Similar species
Red-hued species of Gymnomitrion are most likely to be mistaken for Marsupella. There are no cut and dried vegetative characters to distinguish between these two genera and reproductive structures used to traditionally seperate them are rarely present. Red species Gymnomitrion should be checked against small red species of Marsupella. See table for comparison to other regional species of Gymnomitrion.
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
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.