Status: Native
Synonyms:
Chamberlainia rotaeana (De Not.) H. Rob.
Brachythecium rotaeanum is a moderate to large species of the genus. The costa ends well below the apex.
The alar cells are not inflated. The stem leaves are not deeply plicate but can be moderately plicate. The
stem leaves are 2-3mm long and have 5-8 rows of basal laminal cells that are set off from the elongate cells
of the lamina.
Many thanks to the New York Botanical Garden and Laura Briscoe for loaning us this specimen (NYBG barcode #00928455) for photography.
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Brachythecium rotaeanum, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, habit, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, photomicrograph of capsule, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, photomicrograph of stem leaf, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, photomicrograph of stem leaf base, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, photomicrograph of stem leaf base, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
Brachythecium rotaeanum, photomicrograph of stem leaf apex, collection by William R. Buck (ID by M. Ignatov, 2007), New York, Clinton County, Beekmantown, Point au Roche State Park, Long Point, on base of planted Fraxinus americana, May 21, 2007; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard August 5, 2023
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