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Lophocolea heterophylla
Also called Various Leaved Crestwort
Lophocolea heterophylla is a small, pale green liverwort (a non-flowering moss-like plant) that grows on tree bases, rotting wood, soil and leaf litter in woodland. It is a wild species rather than a garden or houseplant, and it thrives in damp, shaded, undisturbed woodland conditions.
Lophocolea heterophylla, the variable-leaved crestwort, is a liverwort species belonging to the order Jungermanniales, which is the largest liverwort order.
Mostly on the base of trees, but also fallen wood, soil, leaf litter and roots. It can be found in most types of woodland, but ancient woodland is a key habitat in the west and north.
Bifid Crestwort · Brookwood Crestwort · Lophocolea mediinfrons · Southern Crestwort · Lophocolea
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