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Liverworts > Marchantiaceae

Marchantia polymorpha, a complex thalloid liverwort in the Marchantiaceae.
Orange Co., NC
30 May 2008

The "umbrellas" are gametophytic structures bearing male gametangia (antheridia), called antheridiophores.

Marchantia polymorpha
Orange Co., NC
30 May 2008

Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Nees., another complex thalloid liverwort in the Marchantiaceae.
Bottomland forest stream bank in Jones Co., NC
21 Oct 2007

Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Nees.
Bottomland forest stream bank in Jones Co., NC
21 Oct 2007

Close-up with young archegoniophore.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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