Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Jungermannia 5

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Jungermannia 1a perianth exserted > Jungermannia 2b perianth fusiform, plicate > Jungermannia 3b perianth fusiform, not beaked > Jungermannia 5


Left: 3 Sisters Wilderness, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1769a
Right: Dorsal aspect, Opal Creek, Marion County, Oregon. DHW 2568.


5a Leaves cordate to widely ovate, clasping the stem at base, wider than long; plants dioicous; attached to rocks submerged in running water

5aa leaves dark green, rounded triangular; flagelliform shoots absent

Jungermannia exsertifolia

5ab leaves pale green, many with border of cells with dark walls; flagelliform shoots absent

Jungermannia fusiformis (Solenostoma fusiforme)

5ac leaves dark green, hardly decurrent, cupped at base, lacking border of cells with dark walls; flagelliform shoots abundant

Jungermannia schusteriana (Solenostoma schusteriana)


Jungermannia atrovirens, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m2064


5b Leaves ovate, spreading, not clasping the stem; sexuality various; on rocks in splash zone of small streams or in still water
(Couplet 6)


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