Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Nardia insecta Lindb.
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Nardia 1b more than 1 oil body per cell > Nardia 2a oil bodies granulose > Nardia 3a leaves bilobed > Nardia insecta
Synonym: None.
Special Status: Pending.
Recognition: A species with bilobed leaves, lanceolate underleaves, and granulose oil bodies.
Distribution: On soil; seen once near summit of Iron Mountain, Linn County, Oregon (DHW 2316).
Comments: The specimen upon which the Oregon record is based is not typical of the species. It has divergent leaf lobes instead of the incurved lobes typical of the species in other parts of the world. Its status will remain unclear until more populations are discovered and studied. It may be undescribed.