Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon is most easily recognized by its falcate secund and strongly plicate leaves, features which can frequently be noted in the field with a hand lens. It is has an acuminate apex, and a well-developed alar region with about 8 rows of quadrate cells. The branch leaves are over 1mm long. Although the costa is shorter than 80% of the leaf length, it sometimes is caught in one of the plications and appears longer. The leaf margin is serrulate near the apex. We found Brachythecium erythrorrhizon at upper elevation in mixed conifer forest.
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Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, macro of habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, macro of habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photomicrograph of plicate and falcate secund leaves on branches, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photomicrograph of plicate and falcate secund leaves on branches, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photomicrograph of plicate and falcate secund leaves on branches, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photomicrograph of serrulate leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
Brachythecium erythrorrhizon, photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Red River, Upper Middle Fork trail, July 29, 2021
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