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- noun Plural form of
liverwort .
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Examples
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And although she was fond of flowering plants, she had a special affinity for mosses and liverworts.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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And although she was fond of flowering plants, she had a special affinity for mosses and liverworts.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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And although she was fond of flowering plants, she had a special affinity for mosses and liverworts.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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Large numbers of species of bryophyte (mosses and liverworts), lichen (or lichenized fungi), fungi, and algae occur, as well as many species of invertebrate animals.
Managing biodiversity conservation in a changing environment of the Arctic 2009
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About 4,500 species of vascular plants, 800 species of mosses, 300 liverworts, 2,500 lichens and more than 5,000 fungi can be found here.
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For example, poorly drained areas are often dominated by sedges with an understory of mosses and liverworts, but lack fruticose lichens [11].
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In all, approximately 300 species of algae, 200 lichens, 85 mosses, 25 liverworts, and 2 flowering plants are thought to be native to the Antarctic continent.
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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Knowledge of vascular plants (flowering plants and ferns) is probably satisfactory, but is this true for the mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae that are responsible for much ofthe photosynthesis, in the sea, freshwaters, and on land?
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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There are more species of primitive taxa (cryptogams), that is, mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae, in the Arctic than of vascular plants (Matveyeva and Chernov, 2000).
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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In the Russian Arctic, for example, 735 bryophyte species (530 mosses and 205 liverworts) and 1078 lichen species have been recorded [9].
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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