Marsupella sparsifolia

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Gymnomitriaceae

Genus: Marsupella

Scientific Name: Marsupella sparsifolia (Lindb.) Dumort.

Common Name	Rounded Rustwort
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Distinguishing Features

A dark green to scorched infrequent species of montane to arctic habitats, Marsupella sparsifolia forms mats of nearly erect, short shoots up to one centimeter tall and roughly one millimeter wide. The neatly-arranged divergent leaves are wider than the stem, bilobed with round lobes, acute sinus and plane margins. This species is reliably fertile, and antheridia can be found cupped in leaves below the enlarged shoot tips where the developing archegonia and/or sporophytes may be found (“Paroicous”).

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Habitat

Moist to wet rock outcrops, cliffs, ledges, crevices, and boulders in the lowland, montane, and subalpine 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.