Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Frullania ericoides has stems with leaves that are densely appressed to the stem when dry, but
widely squarrose when wet. In addition, trigones and cell walls are irregularly thickened, giving
rise to a strangely wavy, jigsaw-puzzle piece appearance to the cells. Frullania ericoides is found
on wood.
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Frullania ericoides (dry), collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, single dry stem with appressed leaves, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, wet stem with squarrose leaves, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, wet stem with leaves at apex, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, photomicrograph of leaf with lobule, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, photomicrograph of lobule (left) and underleaf (center and right) attached to stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, photomicrograph of lobule, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, photomicrograph of underleaf, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
Frullania ericoides, photomicrograph of lamina with cells with wavy appearing cell walls, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Russ Kleinman & Donald Farrar, Texas, Aransas County, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Rockport, on wood, March 11, 2012; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 23, 2023
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