Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Marsupella sprucei (Limpr.) Bernet
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Synonym: Marsupella ustulata auct. non (Hueb.) Spruce
Special Status: ORBIC List 3.
Recognition: See Doyle and Stotler (2006, p. 172), Paton (1999, p. 313) and Damsholt (2002, p. 262).
Distribution: On soil or rock in subalpine zone; rare, from California northwards.
Coast Mountains, Lane County, Oregon. D. Kofranek 6818..
Coast Mountains, Lane County, Oregon. D. Kofranek 6818..
Comments: Only recently has this species been found in the Oregon by Dave Kofranek. Very close to M. brevissima. The stiffly patent leaves are distinctive. .