Riccardia Chamedryfolia in UK

[Aqua360]

Hi

so I gather this is now native to the UK, having originated in Japan.

This stuff isn't the cheapest or easiest to source online, has anyone managed to find and use it from outdoors?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

so I gather this is now native to the UK, having originated in Japan.

It is back to "pick a name" again, assuming that the plant used in aquariums is R. chamedryfolia? Then it is both a native and not uncommon <"https://www.britishbryologicalsocie...2020/12/Riccardia-chamedryfolia-multifida.pdf">.

Relatively bright green forms of R. chamedryfolia that grow submerged on stones in western streams can be confidently identified in the field ....... R. chamedryfolia is found in damp turf, wet heath, bogs, streamsides and wooded ravines, and tends to grow on soil or fine gravel; it also grows in rocky streams. R. multifida is more characteristic of flushes or wet rock faces. Both are slight lime lovers.

I'm not convinced <"they are the same plant">.

cheers Darrel