Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

unbranched and sparingly 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.

as many as 8 pairs, ligulate, obtuse-apiculate to acute, to 1.5 × 0.25 mm;

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

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

margin crenulate, often irregularly so on vaginant laminae, elimbate;

costa ending 3–5 cells before apex, bryoides-type;

lamina cells 1-stratose, distinct, mammillose, firm-walled, irregularly quadrate to hexagonal, oblate on margin, 8–10 µm, somewhat larger, ± oblong in proximal parts of vaginant laminae.

to 17 mm.

1.4–1.8 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

rhizautoicous and gonio-autoicous;

perigonia gemmiform and 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 0.5 mm long;

peristome teeth anomalous, undivided, papillose;

operculum to 0.3 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

cucullate, smooth, 0.3 mm.

13–18 µm.

8–11 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1 per perichaetium.