Marchantia polymorpha L.

Locations ofMarchantia polymorpha L. in Virginia

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Family
Marchantiaceae
Botanical Name
Marchantia polymorpha L.
Common Name
Synonym(s)
Marchantia aquatica (Nees) Burgeff; Marchantia polymorpha L. ssp. polymorpha
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Not applicable
Comments
Habitat
On wet boulders, outcrops, and soil of seepages, stream channels, bluffs, waterfalls, and spray cliffs; also occasionally collected on burned and disturbed soils. Where it grows as a lithophyte, it appears to prefer limestone and other calcareous rocks. Scattered in the mountains, Piedmont, and inner Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Native

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