Flora of North America species comparison

usually branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

usually branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

as many as 25 pairs, often undulate, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to acute, often apiculate, to 3.5 × 0.7 mm;

dorsal lamina truncate-rounded proximally, ending at insertion, not decurrent;

vaginant laminae 2/3 the leaf length, ± unequal, minor lamina ending near margin;

margin crenulate to crenulate-serrulate but unevenly serrate at leaf apex, elimbate;

costa ending a few cells before apex to percurrent, taxifolius-type;

laminal cells irregularly 2-stratose in dorsal and ventral laminae, ± obscure, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, rounded-hexagonal, 7–10 µm, 3–4 rows of marginal cells thinner, walls slightly thicker, forming a pale marginal band.

as many as 22 pairs, ovate to lanceolate, rounded to obtuse-apiculate, apiculus formed of a single, clear, sharp cell, to 1 × 0.1–0.4 mm, perichaetial and larger leaves oblong to oblong-ligulate and lanceolate;

dorsal lamina usually narrowed abruptly proximally, often arched, ending well before insertion;

vaginant laminae 1/2–3/4 leaf length, ± equal, minor lamina ending on or near margin;

margin ± entire but serrulate distally, elimbate or limbate, limbidium 1-stratose, restricted to vaginant laminae or found to variable degrees on all laminae, often conspicuously intralaminal in proximal parts of vaginant laminae;

costa ending 2–5 cells before apex or percurrent, bryoides-type;

laminal cells 1-stratose, smooth, strongly bulging, ± obscure, usually arranged in discernable rows distally, firm-walled, 6–10 µm, twice as deep as wide.

to 11 mm.

to 5 mm.

dioicous;

perigonia on short axillary branches and elongate stems;

perichaetia on short axillary branches, mostly near proximal ends of stems.

cladautoicous, gonioautoicous, and possibly rhizautoicous.

theca slightly inclined, slightly arcuate, bilaterally symmetric, to 1.8 mm;

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum 1–1.4 mm.

theca exserted, slightly inclined, bilaterally symmetric to erect, radially symmetric, to 1 mm;

peristome bryoides-type;

operculum 0.3 mm.

cucullate, smooth, 1.8 mm.

cucullate, smooth, 0.6 mm.

13–20 µm.

14–23 µm.

1 per perchaetium.

1 per perichaetium.