Common Liverwort, Umbrella Liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha
Synonyms: Marchantia alpestris, Marchantia aquatica
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Common liverworts as seen on the moist banks of numerous cascading streams above FS Road #2329 about a mile or so north of Midway Meadows, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......July 13, 2018. Note the tongue-like, leafy thalli and the umbrella-like female gametophores.
Common liverwort as seen on moist soils in Bullion Basin, just east of Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest............August 26, 2014.
Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha as seen along the South Fork Tieton River just downstream from the eastern boundary of the Goat Rocks Wilderness.........June 28, 2013
Paul Slichter