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Kōrero: Liverworts and hornworts

Comparing liverworts and mosses

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Comparing liverworts and mosses

Leaves of leafy liverworts (left) can be distinguished from moss leaves (right) because they lack a central midrib.

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by Bill Malcolm

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Maggy Wassilieff, Liverworts and hornworts – Liverworts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10676/comparing-liverworts-and-mosses (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.