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Common Liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
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Easily confused with
SnakewortConocephalum salebrosum
Bonfire LiverwortMarchantia berteroana
Crescent-cup liverwortLunularia cruciata
Narrow Mushroom-headed LiverwortMarchantia quadrata
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Marchantia paleacea
Hemisphaeric LiverwortReboulia hemisphaerica
Marchantia emarginata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 49,422 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 6,643 |
| Ontario | 2,035 |
| Russia | 1,799 |
| British Columbia | 1,683 |
| New York | 1,580 |
| United Kingdom | 1,336 |
| England | 1,109 |
| California | 727 |
| Michigan | 683 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Liverwort growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the liverwort plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | liverworts · Marchantiophyta |
| Class | complex thalloid liverworts · Marchantiopsida |
| Order | Complex thallose liverworts · Marchantiales |
| Family | Marchantiaceae |
| Genus | Marchantia |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Liverwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.