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Liverwort

Description:

Tiny, deeply grooved, light green, fuzzy leaves that spread in damp area with moss.

Habitat:

Hillside on rock in full sun after rain along Daley Ranch trail in Sage scrub and chaparral.

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4 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

might be entirely wrong - not knowing the size of the plant but have a look at this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiop...

http://www.anbg.gov.au/bryophyte/what-is...

good luck !

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

looks like liverwort of some sort - will try to get more info.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you craig! I'm curious to find out what this is too!

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Wow! Fascinating and intriguingly mysterious little plant. Great spot!

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Dec 15, 2011
Submitted on Dec 15, 2011

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