Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

usually profusely branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand absent.

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.

in numerous pairs, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, to 6.5 × 0.7 mm;

dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, usually ending before insertion;

vaginant laminae 1/4–1/2 leaf length, acute, unequal in most leaves, minor lamina rounded above, attached on or near costa, ± equal on proximal part of stem, minor lamina ending near leaf margin;

margin ± entire, elimbate or limbate in the proximal 2/3 or less of vaginant laminae;

costa ending 5–15 cells before apex, bryoides-type;

laminal cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, slightly bulging, ± firm-walled, quadrate to oblong to hexagonal, 10–15 × 9–11 µm.

to 17 mm.

0.7–1.5 mm, often bent at the vaginula.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

cladautoicous;

perigonia on elongate, axillary branches;

perichaetia terminal on mains stems and elongate, axillary branches.

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

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum to 1 mm.

theca erect, radially symmetric, 0.4–0.8 mm;

peristome anomalous, teeth variable, undivided and often fenestrate to divided 2/3 their length, even in same capsule, nearly smooth to papillose proximally, filaments with straight or spiral thickenings or striations;

operculum 0.4–0.6 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

not seen.

13–18 µm.

14–32 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1–2 per perichaetium.