Female plants of Moerckia hibernica (Irish Ruffwort) photographed on the ridge north of Sron Chona Choirean, Stuchd an Lochain, Perthshire on 17 September 2019, in a Sphagnum-dominated flush at 810 m, in a site where it was first discovered on the Killin BBS meeting in 2014. M. hibernica is much less common than its relative M. flotowiana, being found in neutral Sphagnum-dominated flushes, whereas the latter prefers much richer fen and dune slack habitats.
View moreThis is the relatively rare cousin of the common liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis which is found in gardens throughout the UK. Note the absence of a black median line, present in both other subspecies. Subsp. montivagans is characteristic of base-rich springs and flushes. Photographed near Mynydd Llangattock, VC42 in February 2020.
View moreReboulia hemisphaerica (Hemisphaeric liverwort or Purple fringed liverwort) with friends, including Riccia sorocarpa.
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