Lophocoleaceae
Lophocolea bidentata
Lophocolea bidentata
Also known as Chiloscyphus cuspidatus, Jungermannia bidentata, Chiloscyphus mandonii, Lophocolea diaphana
Native Plants · Liverwort · Bryophyte · Shade Plant · Terrarium · Ground Cover · Moisture Loving · Woodland · Non-Vascular Plant
Bifid crestwort is a small liverwort that thrives in consistently moist, shaded environments such as woodland gardens, terrariums, or damp rockeries. Keep the substrate reliably moist and avoid direct sunlight, which can dry it out quickly. It works well as a ground cover in shaded, humid settings or as a vivarium accent plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep consistently moist but not waterlogged; mist regularly in dry conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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