• Aerial view of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in the fall

    George Washington

    Memorial Parkway DC, MD, VA

Mosses and Liverworts

The Liverwort (Frullania sp.) shown here with elaters on the lobes of the sporophyte, can be found in Great Falls Park.

- Photo by Charlie Davis

An inventory of mosses and liverworts is currently underway at Great Falls Park, Virginia. To date a total of 24 species of liverworts and 94 species of mosses have been documented from the park.

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