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Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
28 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.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Crescent-cup liverwortLunularia cruciata
Narrow Mushroom-headed LiverwortMarchantia quadrata
Hemisphaeric LiverwortReboulia hemisphaerica
common pelliaPellia epiphylla
Dumortier's LiverwortDumortiera hirsuta
RibbonwortPallavicinia lyellii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 18,160 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 3,960 |
| Canada | 3,618 |
| Ontario | 2,487 |
| New York | 1,758 |
| Ohio | 1,233 |
| Virginia | 1,078 |
| North Carolina | 1,021 |
| Illinois | 858 |
| Tennessee | 808 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | liverworts · Marchantiophyta |
| Class | complex thalloid liverworts · Marchantiopsida |
| Order | Complex thallose liverworts · Marchantiales |
| Family | Conocephalaceae |
| Genus | snakeworts · Conocephalum |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Snakewort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.