Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) of Vancouver Island

This is the iNaturalist list of liverwort species of Vancouver Island (January, 2023). I will fill in species descriptions as I make observations or receive feedback.

If you would like to contribute to the guide, get in contact with me and I could also make you an editor.

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All 90

American Earwort ¹
Scapania americana

Anomalous Flapwort ²
Mylia anomala

Asterella lindenbergiana ³

Bazzania Liverwort ⁴
Bazzania denudata

Bearded Pawwort ⁵
Barbilophozia barbata

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort ⁶
Herbertus aduncus

Bifid Crestwort ⁷
Lophocolea bidentata

Blue Pouchwort ⁸
Calypogeia azurea

Blunt Frostwort ⁹
Gymnomitrion obtusum

Blunt Pincerwort ¹⁰
Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Blunt-leaved Earwort ¹¹
Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Blytt's Ruffwort ¹²
Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Bog Germanderwort ¹¹
Riccardia latifrons

Bog Pouchwort ⁹
Calypogeia sphagnicola

Braided Frostwort ³
Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Cavernous Crystalwort ¹³
Riccia cavernosa

Cliff Scalewort ¹⁴
Porella cordaeana

Comb Liverwort ¹⁵
Riccardia multifida

Comb Notchwort ¹¹
Sphenolobus minutus

Common Crystalwort
Riccia sorocarpa

Common Kettlewort ¹⁶
Blasia pusilla

Common Liverwort ¹⁷
Marchantia polymorpha

Common Pouchwort ¹⁸
Calypogeia fissa

Creeping Fingerwort ¹⁸
Lepidozia reptans

Crescent-cup liverwort ¹⁹
Lunularia cruciata

Downy Veilwort ²⁰
Metzgeria pubescens

Dwarf Flapwort ¹¹
Jungermannia pumila

Flat-leaved Scalewort ²¹
Radula complanata

Floating Crystalwort ²²
Riccia fluitans

Floerke's Pawwort ²³
Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Floppy Earwort ²⁴
Scapania paludosa

Forcipated Pincerwort ²⁵
Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Frullania californica ¹⁸

Great Mountain Flapwort ²⁶
Harpanthus flotovianus

Great Scented Liverwort ²⁷
Conocephalum conicum

Greater Pawwort ²⁸
Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Gyrothyra underwoodiana ²⁹

Hairy Crystalwort ¹⁴
Riccia trichocarpa

Hairy Scalewort ³⁰
Frullania bolanderi

Hairy Threadwort ¹¹
Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Hanging Millipede Liverwort ³¹
Frullania nisquallensis

Hemisphaeric Liverwort ³²
Reboulia hemisphaerica

Hyaline Liverwort ³³
Clevea hyalina

Inflated Notchwort ³⁴
Gymnocolea inflata

Jagged Germanderwort ³⁵
Riccardia chamedryfolia

Jagged Notchwort ³⁶
Schistochilopsis incisa

Ladder Flapwort ²³
Nardia scalaris

Long-bristled Frillwort ³⁷
Fossombronia longiseta

Macrodiplophyllum rubrum ³⁸

Moon-leaved Pincerwort ³⁹
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Mueller's Pouchwort ⁴⁰
Calypogeia muelleriana

Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort ⁴¹
Marchantia quadrata

Notched Rustwort ⁴²
Marsupella emarginata

Orobus-seed Liverwort ¹⁴
Targionia hypophylla

Pacific Fuzzwort ²
Ptilidium californicum

Pellia alpicola ²⁴

Peltolepis quadrata ¹¹

Pitted Frillwort ²⁴
Fossombronia foveolata

Porella roellii ²⁴

Purple Crystalwort ⁴³
Riccia beyrichiana

Purple Spoonwort ⁸
Pleurozia purpurea

Radula bolanderi ¹⁸

Radula obtusiloba ²⁴

Red Flapwort ¹⁸
Jungermannia rubra

Ring Pellia ⁴⁰
Pellia neesiana

Rock Veilwort ¹¹
Metzgeria conjugata

Shady Earwort ⁴⁴
Scapania umbrosa

Snakewort ⁴⁵
Conocephalum salebrosum

Snow Rustwort ³
Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Spreading Threadwort ⁴⁶
Cephaloziella divaricata

Square-leaved Crestwort ⁴⁷
Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Taylor's Flapwort ⁴⁸
Mylia taylorii

Texas Balloonwort ⁴⁹
Sphaerocarpos texanus

Thin Starwort ⁵⁰
Mannia gracilis

Tree Fringewort ⁵¹
Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Tree Ruffle Liverwort ⁵²
Porella navicularis

Tumid Notchwort ⁵³
Lophozia ventricosa

Turner's Threadwort ¹⁸
Cephaloziella turneri

Turps Pouchwort ¹¹
Geocalyx graveolens

Two-horned Pincerwort
Cephalozia bicuspidata

Various-leaved Crestwort ⁵⁴
Lophocolea heterophylla

Water Earwort ⁵⁵
Scapania undulata

Waxy Earwort ⁴⁴
Douinia ovata

Wenzel's Notchwort ³
Lophozia wenzelii

White Earwort ⁵⁶
Diplophyllum albicans

Yellow-ladle Liverwort ⁵⁷
Scapania bolanderi

Yew-leaved Earwort ²⁴
Diplophyllum taxifolium

fringed heartwort ⁵⁸
Ricciocarpos natans

greasewort ¹²
Aneura pinguis

lesser featherwort ⁵⁹
Plagiochila porelloides

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Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) of Vancouver Island

American Earwort 1 Scapania americana

Anomalous Flapwort 2 Mylia anomala

Bazzania Liverwort 4 Bazzania denudata

Bearded Pawwort 5 Barbilophozia barbata

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort 6 Herbertus aduncus

Bifid Crestwort 7 Lophocolea bidentata

Blue Pouchwort 8 Calypogeia azurea

Blunt Frostwort 9 Gymnomitrion obtusum

Blunt Pincerwort 10 Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Blunt-leaved Earwort 11 Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Blytt's Ruffwort 12 Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Bog Germanderwort 11 Riccardia latifrons

Bog Pouchwort 9 Calypogeia sphagnicola

Braided Frostwort 3 Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Cavernous Crystalwort 13 Riccia cavernosa

Cliff Scalewort 14 Porella cordaeana

Comb Liverwort 15 Riccardia multifida

Comb Notchwort 11 Sphenolobus minutus

Common Crystalwort Riccia sorocarpa

Common Kettlewort 16 Blasia pusilla

Common Liverwort 17 Marchantia polymorpha

Common Pouchwort 18 Calypogeia fissa

Creeping Fingerwort 18 Lepidozia reptans

Crescent-cup liverwort 19 Lunularia cruciata

Downy Veilwort 20 Metzgeria pubescens

Dwarf Flapwort 11 Jungermannia pumila

Flat-leaved Scalewort 21 Radula complanata

Floating Crystalwort 22 Riccia fluitans

Floerke's Pawwort 23 Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Floppy Earwort 24 Scapania paludosa

Forcipated Pincerwort 25 Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Great Mountain Flapwort 26 Harpanthus flotovianus

Great Scented Liverwort 27 Conocephalum conicum

Greater Pawwort 28 Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Hairy Crystalwort 14 Riccia trichocarpa

Hairy Scalewort 30 Frullania bolanderi

Hairy Threadwort 11 Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Hanging Millipede Liverwort 31 Frullania nisquallensis

Hemisphaeric Liverwort 32 Reboulia hemisphaerica

Hyaline Liverwort 33 Clevea hyalina

Inflated Notchwort 34 Gymnocolea inflata

Jagged Germanderwort 35 Riccardia chamedryfolia

Jagged Notchwort 36 Schistochilopsis incisa

Ladder Flapwort 23 Nardia scalaris

Long-bristled Frillwort 37 Fossombronia longiseta

Moon-leaved Pincerwort 39 Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Mueller's Pouchwort 40 Calypogeia muelleriana

Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort 41 Marchantia quadrata

Notched Rustwort 42 Marsupella emarginata

Orobus-seed Liverwort 14 Targionia hypophylla

Pacific Fuzzwort 2 Ptilidium californicum

Pitted Frillwort 24 Fossombronia foveolata

Purple Crystalwort 43 Riccia beyrichiana

Purple Spoonwort 8 Pleurozia purpurea

Red Flapwort 18 Jungermannia rubra

Ring Pellia 40 Pellia neesiana

Rock Veilwort 11 Metzgeria conjugata

Shady Earwort 44 Scapania umbrosa

Snakewort 45 Conocephalum salebrosum

Snow Rustwort 3 Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Spreading Threadwort 46 Cephaloziella divaricata

Square-leaved Crestwort 47 Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Taylor's Flapwort 48 Mylia taylorii

Texas Balloonwort 49 Sphaerocarpos texanus

Thin Starwort 50 Mannia gracilis

Tree Fringewort 51 Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Tree Ruffle Liverwort 52 Porella navicularis

Tumid Notchwort 53 Lophozia ventricosa

Turner's Threadwort 18 Cephaloziella turneri

Turps Pouchwort 11 Geocalyx graveolens

Two-horned Pincerwort Cephalozia bicuspidata

Various-leaved Crestwort 54 Lophocolea heterophylla

Water Earwort 55 Scapania undulata

Waxy Earwort 44 Douinia ovata

Wenzel's Notchwort 3 Lophozia wenzelii

White Earwort 56 Diplophyllum albicans

Yellow-ladle Liverwort 57 Scapania bolanderi

Yew-leaved Earwort 24 Diplophyllum taxifolium

fringed heartwort 58 Ricciocarpos natans