Lophozia excisa Capitate Notchwort

A small, paoicous leafy liverwort which usually has bright red gemmae on the shoot tips and, like other Lophozia species, it has bilobed leaves. It is a pioneer, opportunistic species which grows in various habitats such as on coal spoil, open mosaic habitats, bare gritty, sandy or peaty ground, wall tops, heathland and moorland. It is largely a calcifuge species but it can be found growing on leached soil on coastal limestone cliffs. It is a lowland species with a scattered distribution in Britain, mostly in the west and north and it is locally frequent in Wales. In West Glamorgan it is has been recorded mostly in coastal sites and occasionally inland in Neath Port Talbot. Sporophytes ar