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Ribbonwort

Pallavicinia lyellii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 62, February 46, March 72, April 113, May 163, June 178, July 190, August 164, September 120, October 90, November 49, December 38.
United States5,725
Alaska1,286
Canada421
New York418
North Carolina395
Virginia328
Massachusetts247
Alabama222
Georgia220
South Carolina219

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumliverworts · Marchantiophyta
Classleafy and simple thalloid liverworts · Jungermanniopsida
OrderPallaviciniales
FamilyPallaviciniaceae
GenusPallavicinia

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