Status: Native
Synonyms:
Bryum weigelii Sprengel
Ptychostomum weigelii is distinctive by virtue of the long and broadly decurrent leaf margins that are visible alongside the stems. The costa is excurrent into a short awn and there is no well-developed limbidium. Ptychostomum weigelii is easily differentiated from our more common Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum by virtue of the more elongate leaf of P. pseudotriquetrum as well as the obvious limbidium of that species.
We are grateful to John Brinda who has allowed us to photograph this specimen which he collected along a streambank in the Pecos Wilderness.
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Ptychostomum weigelii, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, closeup of stems, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, dry, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of stems, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of single stem with long decurrent leaf margin, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, dark field photomicrograph of single stem with long decurrent leaf margin, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, dark field photomicrograph of single stem with long decurrent leaf margin, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of single stem with long decurrent leaf margin, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of leaf with long decurrent margins, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of leaf with long decurrent margins, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
Ptychostomum weigelii, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection John Brinda, Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness, SE of Jicarilla Peak near Hidden Lake, August 16, 2019; photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, October 5, 2022
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