Mosses of New Mexico Outside of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Jaffueliobryum raui (Austin) Thériot

Family: Grimmiaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Coscinodon raui (Austin) Lesq. & James
Grimmia raui Austin

Jaffueliobryum raui is a small moss with long hairpoints on the distal leaves, sometimes longer than the laminae. The more proximal leaves on a stem may lack hairpoints. Unlike J. wrightii in which the lamina is rounded to the hairpoint, the lamina of J. raui is tapered to the attachment to the awn. Both of these mosses grow on sand or rock in arid environments.
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Jaffueliobryum raui, macro of habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & John Brinda, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone Bluffs, July 22, 2016

Jaffueliobryum raui, photomicrograph of single stem with sporophyte, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & John Brinda, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone Bluffs, July 22, 2016

Jaffueliobryum raui, dark field photomicrograph of reproductive stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & John Brinda, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone Bluffs, July 22, 2016

Jaffueliobryum raui, photomicrograph of leaf (distal on stem), photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & John Brinda, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone Bluffs, July 22, 2016

Jaffueliobryum raui, photomicrograph of lamina of leaf proximal to awn, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & John Brinda, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone Bluffs, July 22, 2016


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