Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Genera 61

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1b plants leafy > 3b leaves not divided, not ciliate > 6a oil bodies 2+ or unknown > 7b no small dorsal lobe > 10a succubous > 11a anisophyllous > 12b leaves lobed > 37b if rhizoids red, stems red > 38a shoots wider than 1 mm > 39b underleaves inconspicuous > 55b leaves succubous > 58b shoots >1.2 mm wide > 59b lobes acute or oil bodies >12 > 60b terrestrial > 61


Lophozia sudetica - Horsepasture Mountain, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1991.


61a Oil bodies present in most cells; cells opaque due to presence of many chloroplasts; diverse, widespread genus with species at all elevations
Lophozia/Barbilophozia


Near Fuji Mountain, Lane County, OR. DHW m2285.


61b Oil bodies absent from all cells; cells pellucid because chloroplasts are few and close to cell walls; a single species of moist alpine/subalpine slopes
Schofieldia monticola


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