Tags: Moss.
Oxymitra is the only genus in the liverwort family Oxymitraceae in the order Marchantiales. The genus includes two or three species.The species Oxymitra paleacea Bisch. occurs in Europe South America and North America (Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri on sandstone or igneous substrates). North American plants have sometimes been considered a separate species O. androgyna but they have more often been included in a wider definition of O. paleacea.