Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Braunia andrieuxii has multipapillose subquadrate cells at the tip and mid-lamina, while the center of the base is composed of elongate smooth cells. The alar cells are subquadrate. There is no costa. The apex is not hyaline as it is in Hedwigia. Braunia andrieuxii is found at middle elevation in mixed conifer forest on north facing rocky slopes. B. andrieuxii and B. secunda are both found in the American southwest and can be found in similar locations. B. andrieuxii has a shorter and broader apex, the leaves appear less long acuminate, and the leaf margins are only recurved proximally. Both species can have reduced branches called "stoloniform" or "flagelliform" branches.
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Braunia andrieuxii, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, dry appearance, photo Russ Kleinman and the GNPS field trip, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, May 19, 2013
Braunia andrieuxii, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 200x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 200x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 200x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 400x photomicrograph of mid lamina of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
Braunia andrieuxii, 2x macro of stoloniform/flagelliform branch, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrice Mutchnick, & Karen Blisard, Black Range, North Percha Creek, September 17, 2011
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