Previous name: Jungermannia gracillima
English name: Crenulated flapwort
A leafy liverwort that is rust-red, but pale green in shade. Most colonies are a mixture of medium-sized plants and slender shoots with almost circular leaves.
Capsules mature from January to July.
In Scotland, Solenostoma gracillima is a widespread coloniser of upland base-poor soil in habitats such as soilbanks, woodland paths, ditches and crumbling cliffs and old quarries, especially where the substrate is disturbed by trampling or weathering. BBS distribution map
Look out for Nardia scalaris and Dicranella heteromalla nearby.
Confusion species: Nardia scalaris and Odontoschisma sphagnii
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