Status: Native
Synonyms:
Lophozia hatcheri (Evans) Steph.
Barbilophozia hatcheri is a liverwort with densely packed, succubous leaves that have 3-4 unequal lobes. Many of the leaf tips have 1-3
celled apiculi. The leaf bases have 1-3 multicellular filaments.
There are underleaves that are hidden in rhizoids.
Reddish brown gemmae are present in clusters at shoot tips and leaf margins. The gemmae are angular and unicellular.
Barbilophozia hatcheri is found at upper elevation in subalpine areas.
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Barbilophozia hatcheri, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 5x macro of dry habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 5x macro of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 400x photomicrograph of leaf showing 2-5 oil bodies per cell, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 400x photomicrograph of reddish gemmae on leaf margin, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
Barbilophozia hatcheri, 100x dark field photomicrograph of reddish gemmae on leaf margin, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of bottom ski lift at 11,000 feet, July 24, 2014
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