Frullania ericoides
NatureServe Conservation Status
G3G5
Distribution
North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa (Atwood 2017)
Habitat
Occurring in dry woods, humid floodplains, and gorges. On bark of trees and on rock.
Distinguishing Features
When wet, the widely spreading, squarrose leaf lobes and relative robust size of the plants are distinctive. When dry the leaf lobes are strongly deflexed and nearly curl under the stem. Perianths in this dioicous species are born on short lateral branches.
Habitat
Frullania ericoides
Frullania ericoides
Frullania ericoides
Habit
Frullania ericoides
Dry
Frullania ericoides
Wet
Frullania ericoides
Dry plants in the field
Habit
Frullania ericoides
Male and female plants admixed. Leaf lobes becoming brittle and fractured.
Frullania ericoides
Wet plants with squarrose leaf lobes
Morphology
Frullania ericoides
Perianth
Frullania ericoides
Perianths
Frullania ericoides
Underleaves and lobules
Morphology
Frullania ericoides
Underleaves