Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's liverworts. This list and nomenclature is based on a very old (1924) article in Rhodora, the journal of the New England Botanical Club. Therefore, there is likely much updating of the taxonomy necessary. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.
| Family | Genus | Specific Epithet | authority | common name | Source (full citation given after this table) |
| Ricciaceae | Riccia | sullivantii | Aust. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Young's District") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "road toward Prettymarsh") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Great Pond") |
| Rebouliaceae | Asterella | tenella | (L.) Beauv. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "near Indian Point") |
| Marchantiaceae | Conocephalum | conicum | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7.) town(s)?: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Aunt Molly's Beach", "Cadillac Cliff") |
| Marchantiaceae | Lunularia | cruciata | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Mt. Desert Nurseries' greenhouse") |
| Marchantiaceae | Marchantia | polymorpha | L. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "near Anemone Cave") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Somesville") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Beech Hill") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "High Head") |
| Riccardiaceae | Metzgeria | furcata | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Ledges, Newport Mt.") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Pemetic") |
| Riccardiaceae | Pallavicinia | flotowiana | (Nees) Lindb. | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "In Thuja swamp, Canada Brook, south of Appalachian Mountain club camp") |
| Riccardiaceae | Pallavicinia | lyellii | (Hook.) S. F. Gray | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Sunken Heath Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Canada Brook") |
| Riccardiaceae | Riccardia | latifrons | Lindb. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Roberts' Meadow") |
| Riccardiaceae | Riccardia | multifida | (L.) S. F. Gray | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Green Mt. Gorge") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Stanley Brook") |
| Riccardiaceae | Riccardia | palmata | (Hedw.) Carruth. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Stanley Brook") |
| Riccardiaceae | Riccardia | pinguis | (L.) S. F. Gray | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Upper Hadlock Pond") Tremont: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Bass Harbor") |
| Pelliaceae | Blasia | pusilla | L. | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 7., "Seal Cove road") |
| Pelliaceae | Fossombronia | foveolata | Lindb. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Bubbles Pond") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Jordan Pond", "Ripples Pond") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Canada Brook", "Manset") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Great Pond") |
| Pelliaceae | Blasia | pusilla | L. | ? | town not given: Lorenz (1924, p. 8.) |
| Lophoziaceae | Chiloscyphus | fragilis | (Roth) Schiffn. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "northern end of Beech Mt.", "Hunter Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Southern end of Great Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Chiloscyphus | pallescens | (Ehrh.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Spring on Spring trail, Jordan Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Chiloscyphus | rivularis | (Schrad.) Loeske | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Stanley Brook") |
| Lophoziaceae | Geocalyx | graveolens | (Schrad.) Nees | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Jordan Pond path") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Jamesoniella | autumnalis | (DC.) Steph. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Somes Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Jungermannia | lanceolata | L. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Spring trail, Jordan Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Jungermannia | pumila | With. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Stanley Brook, Jordan Stream") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophocolea | heterophylla | (Schrad.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Head of Great Pond", "Jordan Pond path", "near Ripples Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | alpestris | (Schleich.) Evans | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Sargent Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | attenuata | (Mart.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Sargent Mt.") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | barbata | (Schreb.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8.) Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Brown's Mt. Notch") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Western Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | bicrenata | (Schmid.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Roadside near Asticou", "Upper Hadlock Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | confertifolia | Schiffn. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Great Head", "Otter Cliffs") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "ledges on Cliff Drive, Seal Harbor") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | incisa | (Schrad.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Ocean Drive") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Hunter Brook") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 8., "Great Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | inflata | (Huds.) M. A. Howe | ? | Bar Harbor:: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Ocean Drive") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, pp. 8-9., "Brown's Mt.", "Sargent Mt.", "Robinson Mt.") Southwest Harbor: (Lorenz, 1924, p. 9., "Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | kunzeana | (Huben) Evans | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, pp. 9., "Pemetic") town?: (Lorenz, 1924, p. 9., "Day Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | longidens | (Lindb.) Macoun | ? | Bar Harbor:: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Ledges near Ocean Drive") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Giant's Slide") Southwest Harbor: (Lorenz, 1924, p. 9., "south end of Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | longiflora | (Nees) Schiffn. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Pemetic") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | marchica | (Nees) Steph. | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | porphyroleuca | (Nees) Schiffn. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Jordan Pond path") |
| Lophoziaceae | Lophozia | ventricosa | (Dicks.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Hunter Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Beech Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Marsupella | aquatica | (Lindenb.) Schiffn. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Rocks in Deer Brook") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Western Mt.") |
| Lophoziaceae | Marsupella | emarginata | (Ehrh.) Dumort | ? | town not given: Lorenz (1924, p. 9.) |
| Lophoziaceae | Marsupella | sullivantii | (De Not.) Evans | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Green Mt.", "Anemone Cave") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Beech Cliff") |
| Lophoziaceae | Mylia | anomala | (Hook.) S. F. Gray | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Aunt Betty's Pond", "Roberts' Meadow") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Freeman Heath") |
| Lophoziaceae | Nardia | crenulata | (Sm.) Lindb. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Ocean Drive") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Upper Hadlock Pond") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Great Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Nardia | geoscyphus | (De Not.) Lindb. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Upper Hadlock Pond") |
| Lophoziaceae | Nardia | obscura | Evans | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Green Mt. Gorge") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Hunter Brook", "Stanley Brook", "Spring on Jordan Mt. trail") |
| Lophoziaceae | Plagiochila | asplenioides | (L.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Hunter Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "northern end of Beech Mt.") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Cold Brook", "Intervale Brook") |
| Lophoziaceae | Sphenolobus | exsectaeformis | (Breidl.) Steph. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Ledges near Ocean Drive") |
| Lophoziaceae | Sphenolobus | exsectus | (Schmid.) Steph. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "Seal Harbor", "Spring trail to Jordan Mt.") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 9., "new Appalachian Mountain Club path") |
| Lophoziaceae | Sphenolobus | hellerianus | (Nees) Steph. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Head of Green Mt. Gorge") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Seal Harbor") |
| Lophoziaceae | Sphenolobus | michauxii | (Web.) Steph. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Seal Harbor") |
| Lophoziaceae | Sphenolobus | minutus | (Crantz) Steph. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Giant's Slide", "Brown's Mt. Notch") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Northern end of Beech Mt.") |
| Cephaloziellaceae | Cephaloziella | bifida | (Schreb.) Shiffn. | ? | town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Day Mt.") |
| Cephaloziellaceae | Cephaloziella | byssacea | (Roth) Warnst. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Sargent Drive", "Sargent Mt.") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Robinson Mt.") |
| Cephaloziellaceae | Cephaloziella | elachista | (Jack) Shiffn. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Roberts' Meadow") |
| Cephaloziellaceae | Cephaloziella | hampeana | (Nees) Shiffn. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Seal Harbor") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 10. "Great Pond") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Bazzania | trilobata | (L.) S. F. Gray | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Hadlock Upper Pond", "Brown's Mt.") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., northern foot of Beech Mt." town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 10. "Interlaken Brook", "Cold Brook") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Bazzania | denudata | (Torrey) Trevis. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Spring trail to Jordan Mt.") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | fissa | (L.) Raddi. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Seal Harbor") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | neesiana | (Massal. & Carest.) C. M. Frib | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Jordan Pond path") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | sphagnicola | (Arn. & Perss.) Warnst. & Loeske | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Roberts' Meadow") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | suecica | (Arn. & Perss.) K. Müll. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Jordan Pond path") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | sullivantii | Aust. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Upper Hadlock Pond") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Calyphogeia | trichomanis | (L.) Corda. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Jordan Pond path") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Wood road to Western Mt.") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | bicuspidata | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Great Head") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Jordan Pond trail from Northeast Harbor", "Hunter Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 10., "Norwood Cove") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | catenulata | (Hüben) Spruce | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Jordan Pond path") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Great Pond", "near Appalachian Mountain Club camp") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | connivens | (Dicks.) Lindb. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Roberts' Meadow") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | curvifolia | (Dicks.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Jordan Pond path") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Northwest Arm woods") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | fluitans | (Nees) Spruce | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Sunken Heath", "Upper Breaknect Pond") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | macrostachya | Kaal. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Sunken Heath") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia | media | Lindb. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Jordan Pond path") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Beech Mt.") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Lepidozia | reptans | (L.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Jordan Pond path") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Northern end of Beech Mt.", "Norwood Cove") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Lepidozia | setacea | (Web.) Mitt. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Aunt Betty's Pond", "Roberts' Meadow") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Odontoschisma | denudatum | (Mart.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Seal Harbor", "Appalachian Mountain Club camp") |
| Cephaloziaceae | Odontoschisma | elongatum | (Lindb.) Evans | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Bubbles Pond") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Jordan Pond") |
| Ptilidiaceae | Blepharostoma | trichophyllum | (L.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Stanley Brook", "Jordan Pond path") |
| Ptilidiaceae | Ptilidium | ciliare | (L.) Nees | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Slopes of Green Mt.") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Brown's Mt.", "Pemetic", "Sargent Mt.") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Beech Mt.", "Dog Mt.") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Western Mt.") |
| Ptilidiaceae | Ptilidium | pulcherrimum | (Web.) Hampe. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Otter Cliffs") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Gorge between Triads", "Jordan Pond path") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Beech Hill", "Great Pond road") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "near Aunt Molly's Beach") |
| Ptilidiaceae | Trichocolea | tomentella | (Ehrh.) Dumort | ? | town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Cold Brook") |
| Scapaniaceae | Diplophyllum | albicans | (L.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 11., "Brown's Mt. Notch", "Spring and South End trails, Jordan Mt.", "Giant's Slide") |
| Scapaniaceae | Diplophyllum | taxifolium | (Wahl.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "West branch of Hadlock Brook", "Brown's Mt. Notch", "Spring Trail, Jordan Mt.") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Western Mt.") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | curta | (Mart.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Thunder Hole", "Newport Mt.") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | dentata | Dumort | ? | town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Brook-bed on Eagle Lake Carry") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | irrigua | (Nees) Dumort | ? | town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "shore of Great Pond") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | nemorosa | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Green Mt. Gorge", "Upper Breakneck Pond") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Brown's Mt.", "Jordan and Sargent Mts.", "near Ripples Pond", "Hunter Brook", "Giant's Slide", "Sargent Drive") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Beech Mt.", "Dog Mt.") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Western Mt.") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | paludicola | Loeske & K. Müll. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Pemetic") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | paludosa | K. Müll. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Sunken Heath Brook") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | umbrosa | (Schrad.) Dumort | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Woods, Norwood Cove") |
| Scapaniaceae | Scapania | undulata | (L.) Dumort | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "rill near Breakneck Pond", "Ocean Drive") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Somesville", "Stanley Brook", "Jordan Pond", "Hunter Brook") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Cold Brook", "Western Mt.") |
| Radulaceae | Radula | complanata | (L.) Dumort | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Jordan Pond path") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Intervale Brook") |
| Radulaceae | Radula | obconica | Sull. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Spring on Pemetic trail", "Stanley Brook") |
| Porellaceae | Porella | platyphylloidea | (Schwein.) Sull. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Breakneck Road") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Seal Harbor", "Deer Brook", "Hadlock Brook", "Jordan Pond path") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Frullania | asagrayana | Mont. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Jordan Pond path") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "wood road to Great Pond", "northern foot of Beech Mt."; pp. 12-13, "in woods south of Appalachian Mountain Club camp, Echo Lake") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 12., "Eliot's Point") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Frullania | brittoniae | Evans | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Canada Brook") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Frullania | eboraensis | Gottsche | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Somesville", "Brown's Mt.", "Sargent Mt.", "Jordan Pond path") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Jubula | pennsylvanica | (Evans) Steph. | ? | Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Spring on Pemetic trail") town?: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., Intervale Brook") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Lejeunea | cavifolia | (Ehrh.) Lindb. | ? | Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Northern end of Beech Mt.") |
| Lejeuneaceae | Lejeunea | patens | Lindb. | ? | Bar Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Green Mt. Gorge") Mount Desert: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "Spring on Pemetic Trail", "Stanley Brook") Southwest Harbor: Lorenz (1924, p. 13., "woods south of Appalachian Mount Club camp") |