Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Bartramia aprica Müll. Hal.

Family: Bartramiaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Bartramia stricta Bridel

Bartramia aprica has straight appressed leaves when dry, not crisped. The leaves are nonsheathing and lanceolate with a serrate margin near the apex. The stem has a strong central strand and the distal lamina is bistratose.

We are grateful to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp, and Dina Clark for permitting us to photograph this specimen.

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Bartramia aprica, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, single stem with straight, appressed leaves, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of leaf, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of leaf, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of dry capsule, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of cross section of stem, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023



Bartramia aprica, photomicrograph of cross section of distal leaf, collection W.A. Weber, A. Vaarama & K. Khanna, October 29, 1963; ID by Sven Fransen as Bartramia stricta in 1987, and as Bartramia aprica by T.T. McIntosh in 2019; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson, & Ron Wittman, January 18, 2023


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