Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Pohlia bolanderi (Sullivant) Brotherus

Family: Mielichhoferiaceae, formerly Mniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Bryum bolanderi Lesquereux
Pohlia bolanderi (Lesquereux) Brotherus
Pohlia bolanderi Lesquereux var. seriata A.J. Shaw

Pohlia bolanderi is rather robust for this genus. The leaves are serrate at the apex. The mid-laminal cells are strikingly linear. The capsule is elongate cylindrical but the neck is not as long as it is in P. elongata. We first found Pohlia bolanderi in the Taos area and more pix of that plant, which was confirmed by Jon Shaw, can be found here.
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Pohlia bolanderi, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016



Pohlia bolanderi, macro of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016



Pohlia bolanderi, photomicrograph of leaf, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016



Pohlia bolanderi, photomicrograph of leaf apex, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016



Pohlia bolanderi, photomicrograph of base, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016



Pohlia bolanderi, photomicrograph of cells and margins at mid lamina, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Catron County, Willow Creek, on bark at the base of a trunk, June 9. 2016


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