Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Riccia campbelliana M. Howe

Family: Ricciaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Riccia campbelliana is a complex thallous liverwort that makes rosettes. It has a tan-colored margin to the thallus. The thallus is bluntly acute to acute.

Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp, and Dina Clark for permitting us to photograph this collection!

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Riccia campbelliana, photomicrograph of habit, collection and ID by W.T. Doyle, California, San Luis Obispo County, S of Los Ojos, Quarry Trail from Cabrillo Peak Trailhead on soil, April 11, 2005; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Riccia campbelliana, photomicrograph of habit, collection and ID by W.T. Doyle, California, San Luis Obispo County, S of Los Ojos, Quarry Trail from Cabrillo Peak Trailhead on soil, April 11, 2005; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Riccia campbelliana, collection and ID by W.T. Doyle, California, San Luis Obispo County, S of Los Ojos, Quarry Trail from Cabrillo Peak Trailhead on soil, April 11, 2005; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Riccia campbelliana, photomicrograph of branched thallus starting a rosette, collection and ID by W.T. Doyle, California, San Luis Obispo County, S of Los Ojos, Quarry Trail from Cabrillo Peak Trailhead on soil, April 11, 2005; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023


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