Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Chiloscyphus sp. | 5 Mar 2018 | Heino1 | ||
| Unverified | 3 Feb 2018 | RodDeb |
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3 comments
Heino
wrote:
5 Feb 2018
This is either a moss or a leafy liverwort, and I suspect the latter, but the photo does not show enough detail to be sure. In both types of plant you find leaves growing from stems. Chiloscyphus semiteres is a common leafy liverwort in our area and you find it growing over soil, rocks or wood in habitats ranging from suburban gardens to forests. The stems creep over the substrate, the leaves come out from opposite sides of the stem and all leaves are in one plane. Here (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/chiloscyphus-fissistipus-161.html) is a close-up of a different species showing that sort of leaf arrangement. In that photo you see a narrow stem, running horizontally, from which numerous leaves grow out. The leaves are roughly rectangular, densely packed so that each leaf slightly overlaps a neighbouring leaf and there are very short teeth projecting from the outer ends of the leaf. The plant in your photo could have this sort of leaf arrangement, hence suggesting a species of Chiloscyphus, but it’s not a close enough view to be sure. I’ll leave it for the moment, in case you have other photos, but I may end up deleting it on the grounds of inconclusive evidence.
RodDeb
wrote:
5 Feb 2018
Will put a closer view but it's the best could do, the camera was as close as it would allow on close-up. Apologies if it is still not good enough.
RodDeb
wrote:
22 Feb 2018
Hi Heino,
we were at Tidbinbilla again yesterday and took closer photos of the plant, hope they help.
we were at Tidbinbilla again yesterday and took closer photos of the plant, hope they help.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.904423-35.459573
- Altitude 748.7m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2018 12:49 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chiloscyphus sp. Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Chiloscyphus sp. Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 947.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information