liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) |
UWSP Common Plants of Wisconsin |
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liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha; [Marchantiaceae]) These are plants without stem or leaves. They consist instead of a flattened branching thallus only a few cells thick anchored by rhizoids growing from the lower surface. They are fairly widespread and most commonly found along moist shady stream banks. [001]
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