Liverworts are tiny plants with flattened leaves that mostly grow in shady places, damp spots, and where soil is compacted and slow to drain. Liverworts can occur in many places, including paths, paving, other hard surfaces, lawns, border soil, in greenhouses, and the surface of compost in pots. There are around 300 different species of liverwort in the UK. It’s often welcomed for the natural look it brings to gardens along with biodiversity benefits, and in many cases, there’s no need to get rid of liverwort. However, in certain situations, such as on the surface of pots of young plants or on paths which have become slippery, liverwort growth may cause problems and will need to be removed.
Is liverwort a problem?
Liverworts do not have roots and are therefore rarely harmful to plants, except possibly with tiny or delicate ones such as alpines or dwarf bulbs. On paths or other hard surfaces, liverworts may pose a safety issue as their growth, often in combination with algae or mosses, may make the surface slippery underfoot. When growing amongst or under plants or in lawns, liverwort growth is likely to indicate that the soil is compacted, so there may be insufficient air and water reaching plant roots.
Identifying liverwort
Liverworts form prostrate clumps or little mats of flattened, green leaves. Because liverworts don’t have roots, they can only grow in damp conditions.
The 300 or so species of liverwort that grow in the UK are either thallose or leafy types. Thallose liverworts have a plate-like body of leafy tissue, which is known as the thallos, hence the name. Leafy liverworts may look like mosses at first glance but have small pairs of leaves borne in two ranks, often lobed or serrated at the edges. The fruiting
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