liverwort
A nonflowering plant in the botanical class Hepaticae, closely related to the mosses.
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Lichens, liverworts and mosses help to create and stabilise soil often in the most inhospitable of places, and also play an important part in plant succession by containing the soil and moisture necessary for other plants to germinate.
Also known as liverwort or liverleaf, Hepatica produces long-lasting, daisy-like flowers of white, pale pink, or lavender that appear in early spring. This perennial prefers moist growing conditions.
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Algae, mosses and liverworts do not directly attack the prothalli or sporelings but can impede their development by crowding and shading them. Green ooze, grayish thatch or stringy green strands are probably algae.
In Bryophytes, the gametophyte is the vegetative part of mosses and liverworths and the dominant phase of their life cycle, and work as hosters for the reduced sporophytes.
Schenk, Gary. Moss Gardening: Including Licehns, Liverworts and Other Miniatures. Timber Press, 1997.
Schenk, Gary. The Complete Shade Gardener. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
The Plants National Database - provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
thalloid -- Plants which have no roots, stems, or leaves are called thalloid, such as liverworts and hornworts.
tracheophyte -- Any member of the clade of plants possessing vascular tissue; a vascular plant.
The only book I have found on the subject is George Schenk's wonderful book, Moss Gardening: including Lichens, Liverworts and Other Miniatures.
liverworts that frequently invade the surface of seed trays. Soil-based composts are
ideal for raising herbs, but most of the quicker germinating kinds ultimately make
better plants if they start life in peat-based soil-less compost.
Geranium (True geranium) Sedum
Helleborus (Winter rose) Thalictrum (False Solomon's Seal)
Hemerocallis Tradescantia (Flower-of-the-Day)
Hepatica (Liverwort) Trillium
Heuchera (Coralbells) Trollius (Globe Flowers) ...
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