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Plagiochila britannica British Featherwort

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A calcicole, Suboceanic, dioicous leafy liverwort which occurs on shaded walls, in rocky woodlands and ravines. It is similar to Plagiochila aspenioides and Plagiochila porelloides and differs from them in its larger leaf cells. Almost certainly under recorded and restricted largely to western Britain. In West Glamorgam it has only been recorded Gower, mostly along the south coast. Sporophytes are very rare.

Plagiochila britannica - © Barry Stewart
Plagiochila britannica - © Barry Stewart

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