Story: Liverworts and hornworts
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Some liverworts, like thisLeiomitra species, have a cover of fine hairs that helps trap water around the plant.
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Maggy Wassilieff, Liverworts and hornworts – Liverworts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10686/hairy-liverwort (accessed 27 October 2025).
Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.