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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greasewort ¹
Aneura pinguis

Asterella lindenbergiana ²

Bearded Pawwort ³
Barbilophozia barbata

Greater Pawwort ⁴
Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Bazzania Liverwort ⁵
Bazzania denudata

Common Kettlewort ⁶
Blasia pusilla

Hairy Threadwort ⁷
Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Blue Pouchwort ⁸
Calypogeia azurea

Common Pouchwort ⁹
Calypogeia fissa

Mueller's Pouchwort ¹⁰
Calypogeia muelleriana

Bog Pouchwort ¹¹
Calypogeia sphagnicola

Two-horned Pincerwort
Cephalozia bicuspidata

Spreading Threadwort ¹²
Cephaloziella divaricata

Turner's Threadwort ⁹
Cephaloziella turneri

Square-leaved Crestwort ¹³
Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Hyaline Liverwort ¹⁴
Clevea hyalina

Great Scented Liverwort ¹⁵
Conocephalum conicum

Snakewort ¹⁶
Conocephalum salebrosum

White Earwort ¹⁷
Diplophyllum albicans

Blunt-leaved Earwort ⁷
Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Yew-leaved Earwort ¹⁸
Diplophyllum taxifolium

Waxy Earwort ¹⁹
Douinia ovata

Pitted Frillwort ¹⁸
Fossombronia foveolata

Long-bristled Frillwort ²⁰
Fossombronia longiseta

Hairy Scalewort ²¹
Frullania bolanderi

Frullania californica ⁹

Hanging Millipede Liverwort ²²
Frullania nisquallensis

Forcipated Pincerwort ²³
Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Moon-leaved Pincerwort ²⁴
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Blunt Pincerwort ²⁵
Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Turps Pouchwort ⁷
Geocalyx graveolens

Inflated Notchwort ²⁶
Gymnocolea inflata

Snow Rustwort ²
Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Braided Frostwort ²
Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Blunt Frostwort ¹¹
Gymnomitrion obtusum

Gyrothyra underwoodiana ²⁷

Great Mountain Flapwort ²⁸
Harpanthus flotovianus

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort ²⁹
Herbertus aduncus

Dwarf Flapwort ⁷
Jungermannia pumila

Red Flapwort ⁹
Jungermannia rubra

Creeping Fingerwort ⁹
Lepidozia reptans

Bifid Crestwort ³⁰
Lophocolea bidentata

Various-leaved Crestwort ³¹
Lophocolea heterophylla

Tumid Notchwort ³²
Lophozia ventricosa

Wenzel's Notchwort ²
Lophozia wenzelii

Crescent-cup liverwort ³³
Lunularia cruciata

Macrodiplophyllum rubrum ³⁴

Thin Starwort ³⁵
Mannia gracilis

Common Liverwort ³⁶
Marchantia polymorpha

Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort ³⁷
Marchantia quadrata

Notched Rustwort ³⁸
Marsupella emarginata

Rock Veilwort ⁷
Metzgeria conjugata

Downy Veilwort ³⁹
Metzgeria pubescens

Anomalous Flapwort ⁴⁰
Mylia anomala

Taylor's Flapwort ⁴¹
Mylia taylorii

Ladder Flapwort ⁴²
Nardia scalaris

Floerke's Pawwort ⁴²
Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Pellia alpicola ¹⁸

Ring Pellia ¹⁰
Pellia neesiana

Peltolepis quadrata ⁷

lesser featherwort ⁴³
Plagiochila porelloides

Purple Spoonwort ⁸
Pleurozia purpurea

Cliff Scalewort ⁴⁴
Porella cordaeana

Tree Ruffle Liverwort ⁴⁵
Porella navicularis

Porella roellii ¹⁸

Blytt's Ruffwort ¹
Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Pacific Fuzzwort ⁴⁰
Ptilidium californicum

Tree Fringewort ⁴⁶
Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Radula bolanderi ⁹

Flat-leaved Scalewort ⁴⁷
Radula complanata

Radula obtusiloba ¹⁸

Hemisphaeric Liverwort ⁴⁸
Reboulia hemisphaerica

Jagged Germanderwort ⁴⁹
Riccardia chamedryfolia

Bog Germanderwort ⁷
Riccardia latifrons

Comb Liverwort ⁵⁰
Riccardia multifida

Purple Crystalwort ⁵¹
Riccia beyrichiana

Cavernous Crystalwort ⁵²
Riccia cavernosa

Floating Crystalwort ⁵³
Riccia fluitans

Common Crystalwort
Riccia sorocarpa

Hairy Crystalwort ⁴⁴
Riccia trichocarpa

fringed heartwort ⁵⁴
Ricciocarpos natans

American Earwort ⁵⁵
Scapania americana

Yellow-ladle Liverwort ⁵⁶
Scapania bolanderi

Floppy Earwort ¹⁸
Scapania paludosa

Shady Earwort ¹⁹
Scapania umbrosa

Water Earwort ⁵⁷
Scapania undulata

Jagged Notchwort ⁵⁸
Schistochilopsis incisa

Texas Balloonwort ⁵⁹
Sphaerocarpos texanus

Comb Notchwort ⁷
Sphenolobus minutus

Orobus-seed Liverwort ⁴⁴
Targionia hypophylla

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Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) of Vancouver Island

greasewort 1 Aneura pinguis

Bearded Pawwort 3 Barbilophozia barbata

Greater Pawwort 4 Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Bazzania Liverwort 5 Bazzania denudata

Common Kettlewort 6 Blasia pusilla

Hairy Threadwort 7 Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Blue Pouchwort 8 Calypogeia azurea

Common Pouchwort 9 Calypogeia fissa

Mueller's Pouchwort 10 Calypogeia muelleriana

Bog Pouchwort 11 Calypogeia sphagnicola

Two-horned Pincerwort Cephalozia bicuspidata

Spreading Threadwort 12 Cephaloziella divaricata

Turner's Threadwort 9 Cephaloziella turneri

Square-leaved Crestwort 13 Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Hyaline Liverwort 14 Clevea hyalina

Great Scented Liverwort 15 Conocephalum conicum

Snakewort 16 Conocephalum salebrosum

White Earwort 17 Diplophyllum albicans

Blunt-leaved Earwort 7 Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Yew-leaved Earwort 18 Diplophyllum taxifolium

Waxy Earwort 19 Douinia ovata

Pitted Frillwort 18 Fossombronia foveolata

Long-bristled Frillwort 20 Fossombronia longiseta

Hairy Scalewort 21 Frullania bolanderi

Hanging Millipede Liverwort 22 Frullania nisquallensis

Forcipated Pincerwort 23 Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Moon-leaved Pincerwort 24 Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Blunt Pincerwort 25 Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Turps Pouchwort 7 Geocalyx graveolens

Inflated Notchwort 26 Gymnocolea inflata

Snow Rustwort 2 Gymnomitrion brevissimum

Braided Frostwort 2 Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Blunt Frostwort 11 Gymnomitrion obtusum

Great Mountain Flapwort 28 Harpanthus flotovianus

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort 29 Herbertus aduncus

Dwarf Flapwort 7 Jungermannia pumila

Red Flapwort 9 Jungermannia rubra

Creeping Fingerwort 9 Lepidozia reptans

Bifid Crestwort 30 Lophocolea bidentata

Various-leaved Crestwort 31 Lophocolea heterophylla

Tumid Notchwort 32 Lophozia ventricosa

Wenzel's Notchwort 2 Lophozia wenzelii

Crescent-cup liverwort 33 Lunularia cruciata

Thin Starwort 35 Mannia gracilis

Common Liverwort 36 Marchantia polymorpha

Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort 37 Marchantia quadrata

Notched Rustwort 38 Marsupella emarginata

Rock Veilwort 7 Metzgeria conjugata

Downy Veilwort 39 Metzgeria pubescens

Anomalous Flapwort 40 Mylia anomala

Taylor's Flapwort 41 Mylia taylorii

Ladder Flapwort 42 Nardia scalaris

Floerke's Pawwort 42 Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Ring Pellia 10 Pellia neesiana

lesser featherwort 43 Plagiochila porelloides

Purple Spoonwort 8 Pleurozia purpurea

Cliff Scalewort 44 Porella cordaeana

Tree Ruffle Liverwort 45 Porella navicularis

Blytt's Ruffwort 1 Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Pacific Fuzzwort 40 Ptilidium californicum

Tree Fringewort 46 Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Flat-leaved Scalewort 47 Radula complanata

Hemisphaeric Liverwort 48 Reboulia hemisphaerica

Jagged Germanderwort 49 Riccardia chamedryfolia

Bog Germanderwort 7 Riccardia latifrons

Comb Liverwort 50 Riccardia multifida

Purple Crystalwort 51 Riccia beyrichiana

Cavernous Crystalwort 52 Riccia cavernosa

Floating Crystalwort 53 Riccia fluitans

Common Crystalwort Riccia sorocarpa

Hairy Crystalwort 44 Riccia trichocarpa

fringed heartwort 54 Ricciocarpos natans

American Earwort 55 Scapania americana

Yellow-ladle Liverwort 56 Scapania bolanderi

Floppy Earwort 18 Scapania paludosa

Shady Earwort 19 Scapania umbrosa

Water Earwort 57 Scapania undulata

Jagged Notchwort 58 Schistochilopsis incisa

Texas Balloonwort 59 Sphaerocarpos texanus