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Forked Veilwort

Metzgeria furcata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,418, February 1,786, March 2,798, April 4,401, May 6,346, June 6,920, July 7,405, August 6,368, September 4,675, October 3,490, November 1,907, December 1,490.
United States50,915
Alaska50,004
United Kingdom1,470
England1,337
Germany533
France359
Poland276
Canada273
Netherlands239
North Carolina164

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumliverworts · Marchantiophyta
Classleafy and simple thalloid liverworts · Jungermanniopsida
OrderMetzgeriales
FamilyMetzgeriaceae
GenusVeilworts · Metzgeria

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