This attempts to list many of the liverworts and hornworts from the New England and the Maritime Provinces by their most common substrate or habitat. It is not comprehensive but designed as a guide while in the field. Additional notes are at the bottom.
Colojeuna biddlecomiae
Frullania asagrayana
Frullania bolanderi
Frullania brittonniae
Frullania eboracensis
Frullania ericoides
Frullania inflata
Frullania oakesiana
Frullania selwyiana
Lejeunea cavifolia
Lejeunea lamacerina
Metzgeria conjugata
Metzgeria crassipilis
Metzgeria furcata
Porella platyphylloidea
Ptilidium pucherrimum
Radula complanata
Radula obconica
Anastrophyllum michauxii
Bazzania denudata
Bazzania trilobata
Blepharostoma trichophyllum
Calypogeia integristipula
Calypogeia muelleriana
Calypogeia neesiana
Calypogeia neogaea
Calypogeia suecica
Cephaloziella hampeana
Cephaloziella rubella
Chiloscyphus pallescens
Crossocalyx hellerianus
Fuscocephaloziopsis catenulata
Fuscocephaloziopsis leucantha
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia
Geocalyx graveolens
Harpanthus drummundii
Harpanthus scutatus
Lepidozia reptans
Liochlaena lanceolata
Lophocolea heterophylla
Lophozia ascendans
Lophozia ventricosa var longiflora
Lophozia ventricosa var silvicola
Lophozia ventricosa var ventricosa
Lophoziopsis excisa
Nowellia curvifolia
Odontoschisma denudatum
Ptilidium pucherrimum
Radula complanata
Riccardia latifrons
Riccardia palmata
Scapania apiculata
Scapania glaucocephala !
Scapania nemorea
Scapania umbrosa
Schistochilopsis incisa
Syzygiella autumnalis
Tritomaria exsecta
Tritomaria exsectiformis
Anastrophyllum michauxii
Anthoceros macounii
Anthoceros punctatus
Apopellia megaspora !
Asterella tenella
Barbilophozia barbata
Barbilophozia lycopodioides
Barbilophozia sudetica
Bazzania denudata
Bazzania trilobata
Blasia pusilla
Calypogeia integristipula
Calypogeia muellerina
Calypogeia neogaea
Cephalozia bicuspidata
Cephaloziella hampeana
Cephaloziella rubella
Geocalyx graveolens
Isopaches bicrenatus
Kurzia sylvatica
Lepidozia reptans
Liochlaena lanceolata
Lophocolea bidentata
Lophocolea heterophylla
Lophocolea minor
Lophozia capitata
Lophoziopsis excisa
Lophoziopsis longidens
Marchantia polymorpha
Nardia insecta
Notothylas orbicularis
Riccardia multifida !
Scapania nemorea
Schistochilopsis incisa
Solenostoma gracillimum
Syzygiella autumnalis
Trichocolea tomentosum !
Aneura pinguis !
Cephalozia pleniceps
Chiloscyphus pallescens var fragilis
Chiloscyphus polyanthus var rivularis
Marsupella emarginata var aquatica
Marsupella spacelata
Porella pinnata
Riccardia chamedryfolia
Riccia fluitans
Ricciocarpus natans
Scapania irrigua
Scapania paludosa
Scapania undulata
Solenostoma obscurum
Aneura pinguis !
Apopellia megaspora !
Asterella tenella
Chiloscyphus cuspidatus
Chiloscyphus pallescens !
Diplophyllum apiculatum
Jubula pennsylvanica
Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp cordifolia
Marchantia quadrata !
Marsupella emarginata
Plagiochila porelloides
Radula obconica
Scapania nemorea
Scapania subalpina
Scapania undulata
Solenostoma crenuliforme
Solenostoma obscurum
Aneura pinguis !
Aneura sharpii
Apopellia megaspora !
Asterella tenella
Calypogeia muellerina
Calypogeia sullivantii
Cephalozia bicuspidata
Chiloscyphus pallescens
Chiloscyphus polyanthus
Conocephalum salebrosum
Diplophyllum apiculatum
Fossombronia sp (4)
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia
Haplomitrium hookeri
Marchantia aquatica
Marsupella spacelata
Moerkia flotoviana !
Nardia insecta
Odontoschisma francisci
Odontoschisma sphagni
Pallavicinia lyellii
Pellia epiphylla
Pellia neesiana
Riccia beyrichiana
Riccia bifurcata
Riccia cavernosa
Riccia hirta
Riccia sorocarpa
Riccia sullivantii
Solenostoma hyalinum
Trichocolea tomentosum !
Anastrophyllum michauxii
Aneura pinguis !
Aneura sharpii
Apopellia megaspora !
Asterella tenella
Barbilophozia barbata
Barbilophozia hatcheri
Barbilophozia lycopodioides
Barbilophozia sudetica
Bazzania denudata
Bazzania tricrenata
Bazzania trilobata
Blepharostoma trichophyllum
Calypogeia integristipula
Calypogeia neesiana
Calypogeia sphagnicola
Cephalozia bicuspidata
Cephaloziella divaricata
Cephaloziella massalongi !
Cephaloziella spinicaulis
Cheilolejeunea clypeata
Colojeuna biddlecomiae
Conocephalum salebrosum
Diplophyllum apiculatum
Frullania asagrayana
Frullania eboracensis
Frullania plana
Frullania riparia !
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia
Fuscocephaloziopsis rubella
Gymnocolea inflata
Haplomitrium hookeri
Harpanthus scutatus
Jungermannia pumila
Kurzia sylvatica
Lejeunea cavifolia
Lejeunea lamacerina
Lophocolea minor !
Lophozia heterocolpa !
Lophozia silvicola
Lophoziopsis excisa
Mannia fragrans
Marchantia quadrata !
Marsupella spacelata
Mesoptychia badensis !
Mesoptychia gillmanii !
Metzgeria conjugata !
Metzgeria crassipilis
Metzgeria pubescens !
Nardia scalaris
Pellia epiphylla
Pellia neesiana
Plagiochila austinii
Plagiochila porelloides
Porella platyphyloidea
Ptilidium cilare
Radula complanata
Radula obconica
Radula tenax
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Scapania curta
Scapania lingulata
Scapania mucronata
Scapania nemorea
Scapania umbrosa
Sphenolobus minutus
Syzygiella autumnalis
Tritomaria exsecta
Tritomaria exsectiformis
Tritomaria quinquidentata !
Anthelia juratzkana
Barbilophozia barbata
Barbilophozia hatcheri
Barbilophozia lycopodioides
Barbilophozia sudetica
Diplophyllum taxifolium
Gymnocolea inflata
Gymnomitrion concinnatum
Gymnomitrion corallioides
Haplomitrium hookeri
Harpanthus flotovianus
Lophozia wenzelii
Marchantia alpestris
Marsupella boeckii
Marsupella sparsifolia
Marsupella sphacelata
Mesoptychia collaris !
Mylia taylorii
Nardia geoscyphus
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus
Neoorthocaulis floerkei
Obtusifolium obtusa
Odontoschisma elongatum
Orthocaulis atlantica
Scapania cuspiduligera !
Scapania gymnostomophila !
Scapania hyperborea
Scapania scandica
Scapania spitsbergensis
Schistochilopsis grandiretis
Schljakovia kunzeana
Solenostoma obovatum
Sphenolobus saxicola
Tetralophozia setiformis
Aneura pinguis !
Calypogeia integristipula
Calypogeia neesiana
Calypogeia sphagnicola
Cephalozia macounii
Cephaloziella elachista
Cephaloziella spinigera
Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens
Fuscocephaloziopsis loitlesbergeri
Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia
Fuscocephaloziopsis macrostachya
Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps
Kurzia pauciflora
Lophozia ventricosa var longiflora
Moerkia flotoviana !
Mylia anomala
Odontoschisma fluitans
Riccardia latifrons
Riccardia multifida !
Scapania paludicola
Telaranea longifolia
Tritomaria laxa
[top of page]! = "calciophile" or species that require enriched substrates.
teal = thalloid, hornworts, or anything that isn't truly leafy.
This attempts to list the liverworts and hornworts from the New England and the Maritime Provinces by their most common substrate or habitat. It is not comprehensive but designed as a guide while in the field.
See Annotated Checklist of Liverworts of the Northeast for range and more specific habitat detail.
Errors, improvements or suggestions. Email Jeff at info[at]DigitalNaturalist.INFO.
last update 2025-Jun-15