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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Tree Ruffle Liverwort ¹
Porella navicularis

greasewort ²
Aneura pinguis

Long-bristled Frillwort ³
Fossombronia longiseta

Rock Veilwort ⁴
Metzgeria conjugata

Ring Pellia ⁵
Pellia neesiana

Jagged Germanderwort ⁶
Riccardia chamedryfolia

Bog Germanderwort ⁴
Riccardia latifrons

Comb Liverwort ⁷
Riccardia multifida

Bazzania Liverwort ⁸
Bazzania denudata

Hairy Threadwort ⁴
Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Blue Pouchwort ⁹
Calypogeia azurea

Common Pouchwort ¹⁰
Calypogeia fissa

Mueller's Pouchwort ⁵
Calypogeia muelleriana

Two-horned Pincerwort
Cephalozia bicuspidata

Spreading Threadwort ¹¹
Cephaloziella divaricata

Turner's Threadwort ¹⁰
Cephaloziella turneri

Square-leaved Crestwort ¹²
Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Blunt-leaved Earwort ⁴
Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Yew-leaved Earwort ¹³
Diplophyllum taxifolium

Waxy Earwort ¹⁴
Douinia ovata

Hairy Scalewort ¹⁵
Frullania bolanderi

Frullania californica ¹⁰

Cliff Scalewort ¹⁶
Porella cordaeana

Flat-leaved Scalewort ¹⁷
Radula complanata

Bifid Crestwort ¹⁸
Lophocolea bidentata

Yellow-ladle Liverwort ¹⁹
Scapania bolanderi

Creeping Fingerwort ¹⁰
Lepidozia reptans

Hanging Millipede Liverwort ²⁰
Frullania nisquallensis

Porella roellii ¹³

lesser featherwort ²¹
Plagiochila porelloides

White Earwort ²²
Diplophyllum albicans

Water Earwort ²³
Scapania undulata

Pacific Fuzzwort ²⁴
Ptilidium californicum

Taylor's Flapwort ²⁵
Mylia taylorii

Great Mountain Flapwort ²⁶
Harpanthus flotovianus

Bearded Pawwort ²⁷
Barbilophozia barbata

Greater Pawwort ²⁸
Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Bog Pouchwort ²⁹
Calypogeia sphagnicola

Pitted Frillwort ¹³
Fossombronia foveolata

Turps Pouchwort ⁴
Geocalyx graveolens

Inflated Notchwort ³⁰
Gymnocolea inflata

Braided Frostwort ³¹
Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Blunt Frostwort ²⁹
Gymnomitrion obtusum

Gyrothyra underwoodiana ³²

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort ³³
Herbertus aduncus

Dwarf Flapwort ⁴
Jungermannia pumila

Red Flapwort ¹⁰
Jungermannia rubra

Various-leaved Crestwort ³⁴
Lophocolea heterophylla

Tumid Notchwort ³⁵
Lophozia ventricosa

Wenzel's Notchwort ³¹
Lophozia wenzelii

Notched Rustwort ³⁶
Marsupella emarginata

Anomalous Flapwort ²⁴
Mylia anomala

Ladder Flapwort ³⁷
Nardia scalaris

Purple Spoonwort ⁹
Pleurozia purpurea

Tree Fringewort ³⁸
Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Radula bolanderi ¹⁰

Radula obtusiloba ¹³

American Earwort ³⁹
Scapania americana

Floppy Earwort ¹³
Scapania paludosa

Shady Earwort ¹⁴
Scapania umbrosa

Downy Veilwort ⁴⁰
Metzgeria pubescens

Jagged Notchwort ⁴¹
Schistochilopsis incisa

Floerke's Pawwort ³⁷
Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Forcipated Pincerwort ⁴²
Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Moon-leaved Pincerwort ⁴³
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Blunt Pincerwort ⁴⁴
Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Pellia alpicola ¹³

Comb Notchwort ⁴
Sphenolobus minutus

Blytt's Ruffwort ²
Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Macrodiplophyllum rubrum ⁴⁵

Snow Rustwort ³¹
Gymnomitrion brevissimum

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Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) of Vancouver Island

Tree Ruffle Liverwort 1 Porella navicularis

greasewort 2 Aneura pinguis

Long-bristled Frillwort 3 Fossombronia longiseta

Rock Veilwort 4 Metzgeria conjugata

Ring Pellia 5 Pellia neesiana

Jagged Germanderwort 6 Riccardia chamedryfolia

Bog Germanderwort 4 Riccardia latifrons

Comb Liverwort 7 Riccardia multifida

Bazzania Liverwort 8 Bazzania denudata

Hairy Threadwort 4 Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Blue Pouchwort 9 Calypogeia azurea

Common Pouchwort 10 Calypogeia fissa

Mueller's Pouchwort 5 Calypogeia muelleriana

Two-horned Pincerwort Cephalozia bicuspidata

Spreading Threadwort 11 Cephaloziella divaricata

Turner's Threadwort 10 Cephaloziella turneri

Square-leaved Crestwort 12 Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Blunt-leaved Earwort 4 Diplophyllum obtusifolium

Yew-leaved Earwort 13 Diplophyllum taxifolium

Waxy Earwort 14 Douinia ovata

Hairy Scalewort 15 Frullania bolanderi

Frullania californica 10

Cliff Scalewort 16 Porella cordaeana

Flat-leaved Scalewort 17 Radula complanata

Bifid Crestwort 18 Lophocolea bidentata

Yellow-ladle Liverwort 19 Scapania bolanderi

Creeping Fingerwort 10 Lepidozia reptans

Hanging Millipede Liverwort 20 Frullania nisquallensis

Porella roellii 13

lesser featherwort 21 Plagiochila porelloides

White Earwort 22 Diplophyllum albicans

Water Earwort 23 Scapania undulata

Pacific Fuzzwort 24 Ptilidium californicum

Taylor's Flapwort 25 Mylia taylorii

Great Mountain Flapwort 26 Harpanthus flotovianus

Bearded Pawwort 27 Barbilophozia barbata

Greater Pawwort 28 Barbilophozia lycopodioides

Bog Pouchwort 29 Calypogeia sphagnicola

Pitted Frillwort 13 Fossombronia foveolata

Turps Pouchwort 4 Geocalyx graveolens

Inflated Notchwort 30 Gymnocolea inflata

Braided Frostwort 31 Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Blunt Frostwort 29 Gymnomitrion obtusum

Gyrothyra underwoodiana 32

Bent Scissor-leaved Liverwort 33 Herbertus aduncus

Dwarf Flapwort 4 Jungermannia pumila

Red Flapwort 10 Jungermannia rubra

Various-leaved Crestwort 34 Lophocolea heterophylla

Tumid Notchwort 35 Lophozia ventricosa

Wenzel's Notchwort 31 Lophozia wenzelii

Notched Rustwort 36 Marsupella emarginata

Anomalous Flapwort 24 Mylia anomala

Ladder Flapwort 37 Nardia scalaris

Purple Spoonwort 9 Pleurozia purpurea

Tree Fringewort 38 Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Radula bolanderi 10

Radula obtusiloba 13

American Earwort 39 Scapania americana

Floppy Earwort 13 Scapania paludosa

Shady Earwort 14 Scapania umbrosa

Downy Veilwort 40 Metzgeria pubescens

Jagged Notchwort 41 Schistochilopsis incisa

Floerke's Pawwort 37 Neoorthocaulis floerkei

Forcipated Pincerwort 42 Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Moon-leaved Pincerwort 43 Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia

Blunt Pincerwort 44 Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps

Pellia alpicola 13

Comb Notchwort 4 Sphenolobus minutus

Blytt's Ruffwort 2 Pseudomoerckia blyttii

Macrodiplophyllum rubrum 45

Snow Rustwort 31 Gymnomitrion brevissimum