Species: Jungermannia truncata

English Name: Jungermannia

Chinese Name: 截葉葉苔

Family: Jungermanniaceae

Description:

Small to medium size, 1-3cm. Dioicus.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author

Species:  Cephaloziella microphylla 

English Name: Cephaloziella

Chinese Name: 小葉擬大萼苔

Family: Cephaloziellaceae

Description:

Small, creeping and ascending at the upper portion.

Found on soil damp and shady slopes.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author

Species:   Calypogeia arguta 

English Name: Calypogeia

Chinese Name: 刺葉護蒴苔

Family: Calypogeiaceae

Description:

Shoots of this specie are paler green than most other leafy liverworts.

Found in acidic soil as well as on acidic rock surfaces. Also found in marshy grasslands.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author

Species:   Bazzania tridens 

English Name: Bazzania

Chinese Name: 三裂鞭苔

Family: Lepidoziaceae

Description:

Medium sized, stems 1,5-3,5cm long.

Found on rocks, soil, decaying stump, trunks or bases of trees, usually forming a dense patch or scattered in other bryophytes.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author

Species: Selaginella kraussiana

English name:  Krauss’s Spikemoss; Trailing Spikemoss.

Chinese name:  小翠雲、地柏

Family: Selaginellaceae.

Description:
The rhizome long walks sideways, main stalk continually blade width 4-5mm, reaches as high as 6cm, about two fork branching. Branching continually blade width 3.5-4mm.  Usually find in Coloane Arboretum, Seac Pai Van Park.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume... Read more »

Species: Selaginella heterostachys

English name: Spikemoss

Chinese name: 異穗卷柏、姬卷柏

Family: Selaginellaceae.

Description:

The perennial is often green the terrestrial ferns, herb, high 15-50cm. The main stalk grain stalk color, has the corner, often gives birth to the support root in the branching place, the lateral branch is dense, multiple branching.  It usually appears on brook wet rocks and find in North-East of Coloane trails and stone basin trail.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green... Read more »

Species: Selaginella doederleinii

English name: Doederlein’s Spikemoss

Chinese name: 深綠卷柏、石上柏、多徳卷柏、生根卷柏

Family: Selaginellaceae.

Description:
The perennial is often green the terrestrial ferns, herb, high 15-50cm. The main stalk grain stalk color, has the corner, often gives birth to the support root in the branching place, the lateral branch is dense, multiple branching. Usually find in Seac Pai Van mountain, stacked stone pond mountain and Northeast trails.

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References:

–  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China... Read more »