Nardia japonica

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Gymnomitriaceae

Genus: Nardia

Common Name	Japanese Flapwort
Frequency	Rare

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Distinguishing Features

A plant of subalpine meadows reported from only a few places in the Pacific Northwest, N. japonica is green to golden-brown leafy shoots less than 1 mm wide and up to 1.5 cm long. The leaves are shallowly bilobed, alternate in arrangement and attached across the width of the stem. A small underleaf should be visible with a strong hand lens along the entire length of the stem. The plants are rarely fertile, but when they are show archegonia on seperate plants from antheridia (“dioicous”).

Similar species

See table for comparison of regional species of Nardia

Habitat

Moist soil, humus and gravel in subalpine meadows.

Associated species

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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.