Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbilophozia attenuata (Mart.) Loeske
and many more.
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus is a small liverwort with succubous 3- (occasionally 2-) lobed leaves. The leaf bases lack cilia and underleaves are absent. There are numerous somewhat inconspicuous, blunt-tipped gemmiparous branches that arise from the apices of main shoots. The minute gemmae are angular and only consist of a few cells. N. attenuatus is dioicous, with perianths terminal and long-exerted. It is found on rocky outcrops at high elevation and has been collected once in
New Mexico by Mahler at the base of Wheeler Peak. Our photographs are of a collection by Karen Blisard from Maine.
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Neoorthocaulis attenuatus (4x macro), collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, photomicrograph of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, dark field photomicrograph of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, dark field photomicrograph of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, (bright) field photomicrograph of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, photomicrograph of lamina cells, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, photomicrograph of gemmiparous branch at end of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, dark field photomicrograph of gemmiparous branch at end of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, dark field photomicrograph of gemmiparous branch at end of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, (bright field) photomicrograph of gemmiparous branch and gemmae at end of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
Neoorthocaulis attenuatus, (bright field) photomicrograph of gemmiparous branch and gemmae at end of stem, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Hancock County, Tunk Mountain, Lake Salmon on soil, June 10, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 6, 2023
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