Bazzania trilobata

Phylum: Marchantiophyta

Family: Lepidoziaceae

Genus: Bazzania

Scientific Name: Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray

Common Name	Greater Whipplewort
Frequency	Infrequent

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Distinguishing Features

An eye-catching plant of wet boggy ground, Bazzania trilobata has wide (3-6 mm) leafy green shoots that fork evenly at their tips. The leaves have have a rectangular shape and terminate in three shallow triangular points (see photo). The underleaves should have 3-4 sharp albeit lobes that should be visible with a hand lens.

Similar species

Other large species of Bazzania (B. tricrenata, B. griffithiana) are yellow brown in colour in contrast to the emerald hues of B. trilobata. The other green species in the genus (B. denudata, B. ambigua, B. pearsonii) all have leafy shoots narrower than 2 mm.

Habitat

Moist to mesic, usually shady humus, rock outcrops, cliffs, boulders, and bogs in the lowland and montane zones

Associated species

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Relevant Literature

Godfrey, J.D. (1977). Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of southwestern British Columbia . [Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia]. UBC cIRcle.
Hong, W. S. (2007). Scapania. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico (Vol. 3) . Oxford University Press.
Wagner, D. H. (2013). Guide to the liverworts of Oregon: Scapania undulata . Oregon State University Herbarium.