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Liverwort and moss leaves

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Liverwort and moss leaves

The large leaves of liverworts (left) are arranged in straight rows (often the leaves of one row are distinctly smaller)). Moss leaves (right) are usually spiralled around the stem.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Liverworts and hornworts – Liverworts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10679/liverwort-and-moss-leaves (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

ADUN
11 July 2017
i need the similarities between liverwott and mosses