Bifid Crestwort - Lophocolea bidentata

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Description

This liverwort is a translucent, pale green in colour with shoots 2 to 4 mm wide sometimes stretching to sevral cm in length. The conspicuously bilobed leaves are 2 mm in length with the lobes drawn out to a long, narrow point. The underleaves are also bilobed, with an additional lateral tooth on each side. The plant is strongly aromatic, and often fertile, with toothed perianths.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Found in a wide range of habitats, on the ground in woodland, grassland and heathland, as well as on other plants and rocks.

When to see it

All year.

UK Status

Very common.

VC55 Status

Common.

  • Melinda Bell
    Coleorton Wood
    21 January 2024
  • Melinda Bell
    Coalville,Nature Alive
    03 February 2021
  • Mark Skevington
    Ulverscroft NR
    12 March 2014
  • Steve Woodward
    Ulverscroft
    22 February 2009
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft
    13 March 2014
  • Steve Woodward
    Ulverscroft
    01 March 2008

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Species profile

Common names
Bifid Crestwort
Species group:
Mosses & Liverworts
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Jungermanniales
Family:
Lophocoleaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
60
First record:
10/11/1991 (Dennis Ballard)
Last record:
20/04/2024 (Smith, Peter)

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  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    23 February 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    08 April 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    04 May 2013
    specimen examined
  • David Nicholls
    Charnwood Lodge
    15 February 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Jubilee Walk Leire
    23 March 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Rutland Water
    26 September 2015
  • Melinda Bell
    Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
    27 January 2021
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    07 January 2019