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Liverwort characters

Leafy liverwort species by plant growth habit

METZGERIALES
Aneuraceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Riccardia palmata

PORELLALES
Frullaniaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Frullania dilatata
Frullania tamarisci
Porellaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Porella cordeana

PTILIDIALES
Ptilidiaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Ptilidium ciliare

JUNGERMANIALES
Cephaloziaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Nowellia curvifolia
Jungermanniaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Jungermannia excertifolia
Leiocolea
Lepidoziaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Lepidozia reptans
Lophocoleaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Lophocolea bidentata
Plagiochilaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila spinulosa
Scapaniaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Barbilophozia attenuata
Barbilophozia hatcheri
Diplophyllum albicans
Scapania nemorea
Trichocoleaceae	Upright	Prostrate	Compressed	Substrate	Habitat
Trichocolea tomentella

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Taxonomic hierarchy after Crandall-Stotler, Stotler & Long. (2009).
Growth habit terms in column headings are more fully described in the corresponding character lists page (from which this table was reached).
Substrate and habitat information derived from the BBS Field Guide and Watson, E.V., "British Mosses and Liverworts", CUP (1995).
A discussion on the correlations and trends that this table suggests will be published in due course.

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The liverwort line

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