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Barbilophozia floerkei
Scientific Name: Barbilophozia floerkei
Family: Jungermanniaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Barbilophozia floerkei
Barbilophozia floerkei, commonly known as Floerke's Pawwort or Floerke's barbilophozia, is a liverwort species belonging to the family Scapaniaceae (though some sources list Jungermanniaceae).
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Barbilophozia floerkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Loeske
- Family: Scapaniaceae (or Jungermanniaceae, according to some sources)
- Synonym: Neoorthocaulis floerkei (F . Weber et D. Mohr) L. Soderstr., De Roo & Hedd., Lophozia floerkei (Web.)
Distribution and Habitat
- Native to Canada.
- Regularly occurring and currently present in its native range.
- Typically found on north-facing slopes in heathlands.
- Grows on thin soil among granitic rocks on unshaded slopes.
Morphological Characteristics
- Shoots are 0.5 to 3 mm wide.
- Leaves are 1 to 2 mm wide and 0.5 to 1 mm long.
- Color ranges from brownish green to yellowish green.
- Leaves are typically 3-lobed.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Frequently found in association with Barbilophozia barbata.
- Can be found in moderately moist soils alongside species like Bryum bicolor and Dicranum.
- Observed growing with Campylopus flexuosus, Lophocolea bidentata, Mnium hornum, Plagiothecium undulatum, and Rhytidiadelphus.
Further Information
- Encyclopedia of Life
- The Plant List
- NYBG Virtual Herbarium
- Musum national d'Histoire naturelle
- GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- British Bryological Society Checklist of British and Irish Bryophytes
- Arctos Database
- Wikimedia Commons