Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

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 28 pairs, sometimes ± undulate, oblong, obtuse-apiculate to acute, to 2.4 × 0.3–0.4 mm;

dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, ending before or at insertion;

vaginant laminae 1/2–2/3 leaf length, acute, ± unequal, minor lamina ending near margin;

margin evenly crenulate-serrulate but irregularly serrate distally;

costa ending 6–16 cells before apex, covered and obscured above by chlorophyllose cells, taxifolius-type;

lamina cells irregularly 2-stratose, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, irregularly rounded-hexagonal, 7.5–10 µm.

to 17 mm.

1.5–5.5 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

gonioautoicous and cladautoicous;

perigonia gemmiform, axillary, and on short branches;

perichaetia on short axillary branches near proximal ends of stem.

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

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum to 1 mm.

theca 0.8–2.1 mm, erect, radially symmetric or nearly so;

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum long rostrate, 0.6–0.9 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

cucullate, smooth, 1.5 mm.

13–18 µm.

13–18 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1 per perichaetium.