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 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.

as many as 80 pairs, somewhat undulate, oblong, obtuse to broadly acute, usually bluntly mucronate, to 4 × 1 mm;

dorsal lamina rounded proximally, ending at insertion;

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

margin entire but denticulate distally, elimbate;

costa percurrent to ending 2–4 cells before apex, taxifolius-type;

laminal cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, slightly bulging, firm-walled, irregularly hexagonal, 10–20 µm, larger juxtacostally, smaller at margin.

to 17 mm.

to 15 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

dioicous;

perigonia and perichaetia on short axillary branches and main stems.

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

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum to 1 mm.

theca slightly inclined, radially symmetric or slightly arcuate, bilaterally symmetric, to 2.5 mm;

operculum about as long as theca.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

cucullate, smooth, 1.5–1.55 mm.

13–18 µm.

9–11 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1–2 per perichaetium.