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Nebraska  MattH1975 May 12, 2018 5:45 PM CST |
| Some context: These are growing in a quart jar terrarium on a spongy mass that appears to have once been wood or bark. I'm uncertain where that material came from but the jar did once host moss taken from a coastal forest in northern CA. I started this particular jar approximately five years ago with substrate taken from a hill and riverbed in southern CA. Following a period of neglect (very little, if any light) I added a small patch of what appears to be a club moss and a leaf (taken from my backyard in southeast NE) and, of course, mail-ordered springtails. I have additional specimens in a larger jar with a similar history, although in that case they are growing directly on the substrate, which is store-bought soil for acid-loving plants. The plants appear to be new since the latest additions, but the wood seems rotted enough to have been in the jar since the beginning. My apologies for the blurry photo. I included it for a better view of the root-like structures, which have a yellow-ish color (something that doesn't come across well in the pictures). Thank you.   |
Nebraska MattH1975 May 12, 2018 6:00 PM CST |
| I forgot one potentially useful detail: At their largest, these plants are 3/8 inch across. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI May 12, 2018 10:03 PM CST |
| I think you are growing a California native called Liverwort. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Leslieray Hurlburt Sacramento California (Zone 9b)              HamiltonSquare May 12, 2018 10:43 PM CST |
| This may be it. It's not native to California but it is here. Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California. |
Nebraska MattH1975 May 13, 2018 12:15 PM CST |
| Thank you both for your input. I've Googled Lunularia cruciata and unfortunately none of the images returned resemble what I have. I did find an image that looks exactly like what I have on a page concerning Marchantia but it was presented simply as an example of a gametophyte. That same image is also used on Wikipedia's gametophyte entry with the caption: "Close-up of several gametophytes (of unknown species) growing in a terrarium. From soil collected in the US state of Vermont." Neither my pictures, nor the one on Wikipedia, show anything that *I* can identify as a spore-producing structure but from my searching I've gathered that detail is quite helpful in identifying liverworts. |
Name: Leslieray Hurlburt Sacramento California (Zone 9b) HamiltonSquare May 13, 2018 1:33 PM CST |
| Cups should eventually develop for asexual reproduction and that will help you determine what you have. Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California. |
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