Status: Native
Synonyms:
Trichostomum sudeticum Funck
And many other synonyms as Racomitrium and Grimmia
Bucklandiella sudetica is morphologically variable. The sporophytes originate from step
tips and not the stem apex, and the leaf cells are smooth or have low longitudinal ridges that appear
as papillae in leaf cross section and are called pseudopapillae. The stem tips are not falcate secund,
which separates it easily from Bucklandiella subsecunda. The costa of B. sudetica is thicker
than that of B. subsecunda. The margin of B. sudetica is supposed to be 2-3 stratose,
but most of the leaves on the specimen we photographed were only 1-stratose at the margin.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for permitting us
to photograph this specimen.
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Bucklandiella sudetica, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, dark field photomicrograph of dry stem, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, dark field photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of leaf, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
Bucklandiella sudetica, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection F.J. Hermann, det. H. Bednarek-Ochyra (2006), Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, on wooded trail to Fern Lake 3.5 mi NW of Bear Lake, 10,400 ft el., on granite outcrop, September 28, 1975; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, May 1, 2023
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