Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Barbilophozia barbata (Schmid. ex Schreb.) Loeske

Family: Anastrophyllaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Lophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Dumort.
Jungermannia barbata Schmidel ex. Schreb.

Barbilophozia barbata is a leafy liverwort with reduced or absent underleaves. The leaves are 2-5 lobed, with mature leaves being commonly 4 lobed. The oil bodies are visible under 400x magnification. The lobe tips are not mucronate. The mature stem is brownish. Barbilophozia barbata can be found either growing at upper elevation in pure mats or, perhaps more commonly, mixed with mosses such as Dicranum scoparium. Please click on an image for a larger file.



Barbilophozia barbata (4x macro), photo Lori Skinner, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Trail 79 2.7 miles north of Emory Pass, March 6, 2011



Barbilophozia barbata, 40x photomicrograph of stem, photo Lori Skinner, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Trail 79 2.7 miles north of Emory Pass, March 6, 2011



Barbilophozia barbata, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Lori Skinner, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Trail 79 2.7 miles north of Emory Pass, March 6, 2011



Barbilophozia barbata, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Lori Skinner, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Trail 79 2.7 miles north of Emory Pass, March 6, 2011



Barbilophozia barbata, 400x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Lori Skinner, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Trail 79 2.7 miles north of Emory Pass, March 6, 2011


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