Anthelia juratzkana (Limpr.) Trevis.
Juratzka's Anthelia
Antheliaceae
Species Account Author: Wilf Schofield
Introduction to the Liverworts of BC
Juratzka's Anthelia
Antheliaceae
Species Account Author: Wilf Schofield
Introduction to the Liverworts of BC
Species Information
Species description:
Gametophytes: creeping or suberect, often in dense mats or turfs sparsely branched, yellow-green to dark green (to nearly black) when fresh, greyish-white when dry, usually with few rhizoides 1-3 cm long, very slender and julaceous with leaves closely imbricate to distant, deeply and equally bi-lobed, usually to ½ or more of length, lobes pointed, often ending in 1 cell, underleaves absent. Dioiceous. Sporophytes occasional. Perianth cylindric, extending well beyond subtending leaves, pleated in upper portions.
Similar Species:
See notes under Anthelia julacea.
Habitat and Range
Habitat
Predominantly an alpine and subalpine species, especially on level sites where water persists into the summer, and also banks.Range
World DistributionAn arctic and alpine (or mountain) species. Circumpolar in the Northern Hemisphere and extending down mountain ranges, also bipoloar and essentially circumpolar in the Southern Hemisphere.
BC Distribution
Probably in all mountainous areas, but extendng to lower elevations on the wet coast.