Schistochilopsis incisa
| Common Name | Jagged Notchwort |
| Frequency | Frequent |
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Distinguishing Features
Schistochilopsis incisa is an ambient and unmistakeable species found across most elevations and habitats in our region, especially decaying wood and organic matter, where is presents as tightly-overlapping, waxy whitish-green shoots up to 2 cm long and 2.5 mm wide bearing very toothy and succulent leaves. Up close, the leaves have a maple-like shape with major lobes and teeth demarcated by minor lobes and teeth. The development, size and number of the teeth seems to vary depending on habitat, with nearly toothless forms occuring at high elevations and often treated as Schistochilopsis opacifolia or S. incisa subsp. opacifolia.
Similar species
No other species of leafy liverwort is green, lobed, toothed and succulent. Species of Barbilophozia can be lobed with teeth on the lobe tips, but none in between as in Schistochilopsis incisa, nor are the leaves in Barbilophozia succulent. Fossombronia species have lettuce-like leaves but they are thin and lack the spines of S. incisa.
Habitat
Moist, shady decayed wood, humus, rock outcrops, boulders, cliffs, cutbanks, seepage sites, bogs, snowbed sites, heath, 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.