Flora of North America species comparison

leaves erect-spreading to loosely erect, ± contorted when dry, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–6.5 mm;

margins plane, entire;

apex narrowly acute to acuminate;

basal laminal cells narrowly elongate, walls thick, ± nodose;

distal cells 7–14 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 1–3 per cell, conic, large.

leaves stiff, erect-appressed when dry, lanceolate, 2.7–3.6 mm;

margins broadly recurved, plane at apex, entire;

apex short-acuminate to acute;

basal laminal cells elongate, walls thick, nodose;

distal cells 9–15 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 2–4 per cell, simple or 2-fid, large.

0.8–2.7 mm.

to 0.4 mm.

dioicous.

gonioautoicous.

immersed, emergent, or rarely exserted, oblong-cylindric, 1.7–3 mm, strongly 8-ribbed to mid capsule or entire length;

stomata superficial;

peristome double;

prostome absent;

exostome teeth 16, reflexed-recurved, acuminate, densely papillose;

endostome segments 16, well developed, usually present when capsule is old and dry, thick, stout, of 2 rows of cells, narrower than exostome teeth, yellowish brown, coarsely papillose.

immersed to emergent, ovate to cylindric-ovate, 1.6–1.8 mm, usually smooth or slightly 8-ribbed when dry;

stomata superficial;

peristome usually single;

prostome small or absent;

exostome teeth 16, recurved, coarsely papillose to papillose-striate;

endostome rarely present, segments 8, rudimentary, of 1 row of cells, smooth.

conic-oblong, smooth, very hairy, hairs papillose.

oblong-conic, smooth, hairy, hairs papillose.

18–35 µm.

14–17(–20) µm.

asexual reproduction by gemmae on leaves.

asexual reproduction absent.