Bog-moss Flapwort

Odontoschisma sphagni (Dicks.) Dumort.

Synonyms

Odontoschisma prostratum

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1217482 - Psn: 9)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1217479 - Psn: 10)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1217480 - Psn: 11)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1217481 - Psn: 12)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1393428 - Psn: 15)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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<em>Odontoschisma sphagni</em> found during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. Lance notes,

Odontoschisma sphagni found during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. Lance notes, "This common liverwort usually forms pure mats at bases of trees in woods. Under a microscope, many liverworts contain oil bodies, found only in the Hepaticae, which may be correlated with the plant's overwintering (Schuster)."

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1393430 - Psn: 30)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1217483 - Psn: 40)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1379600 - Psn: 50)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1379601 - Psn: 51)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1379602 - Psn: 52)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (Photo ID: 1379605 - Psn: 53)

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Odontoschisma sphagni found during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. Lance notes, "This common liverwort usually forms pure mats at bases of trees in woods. Under a microscope, many liverworts contain oil bodies, found only in the Hepaticae, which may be correlated with the plant's overwintering (Schuster)." View Record Details Media by Bill Hubick.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/16/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/11/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

Bog-moss Flapwort in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/4/2025). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Jim Stasz.

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