Status: Native
Synonyms:
Marchantia hirsuta Sw.
Dumortiera hirsuta is a large thallous liverwort. It is about the same size as Marchantia or Conocephalum.
Dumortiera has no pores or scales. It is usually dark green or yellow-green in color. D. hirsuta has very distinctive
hairy (hirsute) margins which can be seen with the unaided eye.
Many thanks to the New York Botanical Garden and Laura Briscoe for loaning us this specimen for photography (NYBG barcode #
00268297).
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Dumortiera hirsuta, collection and ID by R.M. Schuster, S. Carolina, Oconee County, gorge of Whitewater River, on seepage-wet shaded rocks, below lower falls, 4-5 mi NW of Jocassee, August 17, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 28, 2023
Dumortiera hirsuta, macro of thallus and hairy margin, collection and ID by R.M. Schuster, S. Carolina, Oconee County, gorge of Whitewater River, on seepage-wet shaded rocks, below lower falls, 4-5 mi NW of Jocassee, August 17, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 28, 2023
Dumortiera hirsuta, macro of thallus and hairy margin, collection and ID by R.M. Schuster, S. Carolina, Oconee County, gorge of Whitewater River, on seepage-wet shaded rocks, below lower falls, 4-5 mi NW of Jocassee, August 17, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 28, 2023
Dumortiera hirsuta, macro of thallus and hairy margin, collection and ID by R.M. Schuster, S. Carolina, Oconee County, gorge of Whitewater River, on seepage-wet shaded rocks, below lower falls, 4-5 mi NW of Jocassee, August 17, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 28, 2023
Dumortiera hirsuta, macro of surface of thallus, collection and ID by R.M. Schuster, S. Carolina, Oconee County, gorge of Whitewater River, on seepage-wet shaded rocks, below lower falls, 4-5 mi NW of Jocassee, August 17, 1952; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 28, 2023
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