Common Ohio Liverwort
Photographs and Descriptions

This is a gallery of Ohio liverwort.  These pages, constructed by OMLA members Bob Klips (photos) and Diane Lucas (descriptions), show the general aspect, and in some instances microscopic leaf features.

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Complex Thalloid Liverworts with Elevated Receptacles

Asterella
tenella

Marchantia
polymorpha

Pressia
quadrata

Reboulia
hemisphaerica

Complex Thalloid Liverworts with Buried Capsules

Raccia
fluitans

Simple Thalloid Liverworts.

Metzgeria
crassipilis

Pallavicinia
lyellii

Pellia
epiphylla

Leafy Liverworts with Finely Dissected (feathery) Leaves

Ptilidium
pulcherimum

Leafy Liverworts with Toothed Leaves and Incubous Insertion

Bazzania
trilobata

Leafy Liverworts with Lobed Leaves and Incubous Insertion

Leafy Liverworts with Entire Leaves and Incubous Insertion

Leafy Liverworts with Toothed Leaves and Succubous Insertion

Plagiochila
asplenoides

Leafy Liverworts with Lobed Leaves and Succubous Insertion

 

Cephaloziella
connivens

Lophocolea
heterophylla

Leafy Liverworts with Entire Leaves and Succubous Insertion

Odontoschisma
prostratum

Leafy Liverworts with Lobed Leaves and Transverse Insertion

Nowellia
curvifolia

Leafy Liverworts with Complicate-Bilobed Leaves, Larger Lobe on Top

Cololejeunea
biddlecomiae

Frullania
eboracensis

Porella
platyphylloidea

Leafy Liverworts with Complicate-Bilobed Leaves, Smaller Lobes on Top

Scapania
nemorea

Leafy-Thalloid Liverworts

Hornwort

Scapania
nemorea

Scapania
nemorea