Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

sparingly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

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 as many as 20 pairs, obovate to lanceolate, usually widest proximal to the middle, broadly acute to obtuse, often apiculate, 0.7– 2 × 0.3–0.7 mm;

dorsal lamina rounded-truncate proximally, ending at or sometimes before insertion;

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

margin crenulate throughout or evenly serrulate distally, elimbate;

costa ending 2–14 cells before apex, taxifolius-type;

lamina cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, ± hexagonal, 10–18 µm.

to 17 mm.

2–2.5 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

dioicous;

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 erect, bilaterally symmetric, to 1 mm;

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum 1 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

mitrate, smooth, 1.5 mm.

13–18 µm.

16–23 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1 per perichaetium.