Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Lophozia 7

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Lophozia 1b oil bodies less than 12 per cell > Lophozia 5a leaves 3-4 lobed > Lophozia 6b underleaves prominent > Lophozia 7


Lophozia hatcheri Left: Fish Hook Peak, Curry Co., Oregon. DHW m1673. Right: Prairie Peak, Benton Co., Oregon. DHW 2294


7a Medium-sized plants, usually 1.5-2.7 mm wide; leaf tips largely acute or acuminate rather than mucronate; cilia at leaf base with cells averaging 1-2 or 3-6 times as long as wide
(Couplet 7-A)


Alberta, Canada. Elva Lawton.


7b Robust plants, 3.5-5 mm wide; leaf tips usually clearly mucronate; cilia at leaf base with cells averaging 6-10 times as long as wide; gemmae rare
Barbilophozia lycopodioides


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