Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Metzgeria 2
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1a plants thallose > 2b chloroplasts numerous > 62a thallus tissue homogeneous > 63b thallus ribbon like > 65b ventral scales absent > 66a hairs on margin > Apometzgeria and Metzgeria 1b hairs only on margin > Metzgeria 2
Silver Falls, Coos Co., Oregon. DHW
m1560a
2a Thallus lacking marginal gemmae; thallus branches with parallel sides up to rounded tips, flat; marginal hairs forked; frequent at low elevations in westernOregon.
Metzgeria conjugata
Metzgeria violacea, Sweet Creek, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1612.
2b Thallus with abundant marginal gemmae, on attenuate thallus branches that stick out horizontally from vertical substrate; marginal hairs single; rare, strictly coastal in Oregon.
Metzgeria violacea