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Ciliated Fringewort

Ptilidium ciliare

Also called Northern Naugehyde Liverwort, Ciliate Fringewort

Ciliated Fringewort
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0
Family
Ptilidiaceae (Ptilidi family)

About

Ptilidium ciliare is a liverwort with the common names ciliated fringewort and northern naugehyde liverwort. It is widespread in Canada, Alaska, the northeastern United States, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Europe occasionally as far south as northern Italy.

Where it grows

Ptilidium ciliare is commonly found in lowland to upland habitats such as acidic grassland, rocky slopes, cliff ledges, screes, wall tops, dwarf shrub heaths, bogs, sand dunes and heathy woodlands. It is usually seen growing amongst a mixture of other bryophyte species. Well-drained and acidic substrates are the preferred growth medium of this species. It rarely grows on fallen logs and branches.

Other Ptilidium plants

Pacific Fuzzwort · Tree Fringewort · Ptilidium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ptilidium ciliare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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