Liverworts List

Liverwort marchantia polymorpha with round capsules.

NPS Photo

Liverworts (Division Bryophyta, Class Hepaticae) are multicellular, photosynthetic, terrestrial or semiaquatic plants in which connective tissue is lacking or poorly developed. This list of liverworts documented from Rocky Mountain National Park was compiled by William Weber from the University of Colorado-Boulder Herbarium material, and supplemented with an existing park list compiled from unknown sources. The list has not yet been updated with the recent annotations by Hong of material in the COLO Herbarium.

Family	Scientific Name	Photo
Aneuraceae	Aneura pinguis (Riccardia)	Photo courtesy D.S. Rycroft
Antheliaceae	Anthelia juratzkana
Aytoniaceae	Asterella ludwigii
Cleveaceae	Athalamia hyalina (Clevea)
Blepharostomaceae	Blepharostoma trichophyllum
Calypogeiaceae	Calypogeia neesiana
Cephaloziaceae	Cephalozia bicuspidata	NPS Photo
Cephaloziaceae	Cephalozia pleniceps
Cephaloziellaceae	Cephalozia divaricata (C. byssacea)
Cephaloziellaceae	Cephalozia hampeana
Geocalycaceae	Chiloscyphus pallescens (C. fragilis)
Conocephalaceae	Conocephalum conicum	NPS Photo
Gymnomitriaceae	Gymnomitrion corallioides
Jungermanniaceae	Jungermannia exsertifolia (J. cordifolia)
Jungermanniaceae	Jungermannia leiantha (J. lanceolata of lit.)
Jungermanniaceae	Jungermannia pumila (Solenostoma)
Jungermanniaceae	Jungermannia sphaerocarpa (Solenostoma)
Lepidoziaceae	Lepidozia reptans	NPS Photo
Geocalycaceae	Lophocolea minor
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia alpestris
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia ascendens
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia barbata (Barbilophozia)
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia collaris
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia guttulata
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia hatcheri (Barbilophozia)
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia heterocolpa
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia incisa	NPS Photo
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia longidens
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia lycopodioides (Barbilophozia)
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia obtusa
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia opacifolia
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia ventricosa
Lophoziaceae	Lophozoia wenzelii
Marchantiaceae	Marchantia alpestris
Marchantiaceae	Marchantia polymorpha	NPS Photo
Gymnomitriaceae	Marsupella sphacelata
Pelliaceae	Pellia endiviifolia
Plagiochilaceae	Plagiochila porelloides (P. asplenoides of reports)	Photo courtesy D.S. Rycroft
Porellaceae	Porella cordaeana (P. platyphylla of lit.)
Radulaceae	Radula complanata
Aneuraceae	Riccardia multifida
Scapaniaceae	Scapania curta
Scapaniaceae	Scapania cuspiduligera
Scapaniaceae	Scapania fulfordii
Scapaniaceae	Scapania irrigua
Scapaniaceae	Scapania subalpina
Scapaniaceae	Scapania undulata
Lophoziaceae	Tritomaria exsectiformis

References

Hermann, Frederick J. 1987. The bryophytes of Rocky Mountain National Park. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 45:219-231.
Hong, Won Shic. 1980. The Hepaticae of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Bryologist 83: 351-354.

Updated:12/17/02