Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

unbranched and branched;

axillary hyaline nodules weak or absent;

central strand weak.

as many as 15 pairs, often undulate, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to broadly acute, cuspidate, to 2.7 mm × 0.6 mm;

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

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

margin evenly serrulate, often crenulate-serrulate on dorsal and ventral laminae, elimbate;

costa ending in cuspidate apex, taxifolius-type;

laminal cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, irregularly hexagonal, 8–11 µm frequently paler at margin, conspicuously mammillose in vaginant laminae, larger and clearer juxtacostally.

as many as 22 pairs, ligulate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse-mucronate to acute, to 4 × 0.3–0.5 mm;

dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, ending at insertion or slightly before;

vaginant laminae 1/2–2/3 leaf length, equal in proximal leaves, unequal in distal leaves, minor lamina ending between margin and costa or rounded and ending on or near costa;

margin entire but sometimes serrulate distally, limbate on all laminae, limbidium confluent at apex or ending a few cells before, limbidial cells 2- to 5-stratose;

costa percurrent or ending in mucro, bryoides-type;

laminal cells 1- to irregularly 2-stratose, smooth, slightly bulging, firm-walled, irregularly hexagonal, many somewhat elongate, 10–16 µm, juxtacostal and basal cells of vaginant laminae somewhat larger, quadrate to oblong.

to 17 mm.

4–4.5 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

rhizautoicous or synoicous;

perigonia and perichaetia on elongate stems.

theca slightly inclined, slightly arcuate, bilaterally symmetric, to 1.5 mm;

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum to 1 mm.

theca exserted, erect, radially symmetric to slightly inclined, bilaterally symmetric, 0.6–0.85 mm;

peristome bryoides-type;

operculum 0.4 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

not seen.

13–18 µm.

14–25 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1–2 per perichaetium.