Neoorthocaulis floerkei
| Common Name | Floerke's Pawwort |
| Frequency | Frequent |
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Distinguishing Features
One of the dominant under heath groundcovers of montane and subalpine habitats, yellow-green N. floerkei forms luxuriant carpets of horizontal leafy shoots that can grow more than 5 cm long and up to 5 mm wide. The rectangular lateral leaves have 3 (or occasionally 4) broad lobes with dull tips and sinuses that descend down less than 1/4 of the leaf’s length, while the underleaves are clearly visible with a hand lens, deeply dissected and run about 1/2 the length of the lateral leaves. The bases of the lateral leaves attach obliquely to the stem and are ornamented with elongate “cilia”.
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Habitat
Moist to wet humus, rock outcrops, boulders, cliffs, decayed wood, streambanks, shorelines, bogs, heath, and tundra in the upper montane, subalpine, and alpine 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.