Conocephalum conicum

From Natural History of Southeast Alaska

Scented Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum): Common, especially in the forested valley bottoms.

Taxonomic Info:

Family: Conocephalaceae
Genus: Conocephalum

Specific Epithet: conicum

Rank: species

Abundance: Common
Observed at: Indian River Valley, Indian River Trail

Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:

Ian Worley

Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Throughout, common at all elevations.
Habitat: On a great variety of substrates: Twigs, deadfalls, mineral soils, streamsides, gorge walls, cliffs, among Sphagnum, on peaty banks in bogs, among heathers over rocks in the subalpine, and in crannies in the alpine.
Comments: Frequently with sporophytes. A strikingly oceanic species that is common on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the Northern Hemisphere.