Flora of North America species comparison

6–12(–20) cm, simple, densely matted with wooly whitish to light-brownish tomentum.

(1–)4–5(–10) cm, simple, brownish tomentose only near the base.

2–5(–6) mm, erect to closely appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist;

sheath oblong-rectangular, brownish, ± abruptly contracted to the blade;

blade narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, flat, with sharply infolded margins;

marginal lamina 6–7 cells wide, 1-stratose, entire to finely crenulate above, membranous and transparent, abruptly infolded and enclosing the lamellae and overlapping towards the apex;

costa toothed abaxially towards the apex, short-excurrent as a short, reddish brown awn;

lamellae bluntly crenate in profile, 5–8 cells high, the marginal cells in section pyriform, thick-walled, ending in a thickened knob, end cells of lateral lamellae ovoid and scarcely thickened at the apex;

sheath cells 45–80 × 7–10 µm, elongate-rectangular (5–7:1), narrower toward the margin;

cells of the marginal lamina transversely elongate, shorter and obliquely oriented towards the margins, very thick-walled and colorless.

3–6(–8) mm, densely imbricate, ± erect and almost straight when dry, erect-spreading to widely spreading when moist;

sheath oblong-rectangular, yellowish, tapering to the blade;

blade slender, bluish green and nitid, rather flat, with sharply infolded margins;

marginal lamina 5–7 cells wide, 1-stratose, entire or minutely crenulate, membranous and transparent, enclosing the lamellae and overlapping towards the apex;

costa usually somewhat toothed distally, excurrent, forming a subulate, toothed awn, the awn reddish brown throughout or slightly decolorate at tip;

lamellae bluntly crenate in profile, 6–8 cells high, the marginal cells in cross-section ovate to pyriform, thick-walled, ending in a distinct knob, smooth or rarely faintly papillose, the marginal cells of lateral lamellae (enclosed by the overlapping margins) ovoid and less strongly thickened;

sheath cells 70–100 × 6–10 µm, narrowly rectangular (4–6:1), narrower toward the margin;

cells of the broad marginal lamina transversely elongate, very thick-walled.

2–4 cm, yellowish to reddish brown.

(1–)3–5 cm, stout, yellowish to reddish brown.

dioicous;

perichaetial leaves somewhat longer than the stem leaves, ending in a slender awn.

dioicous;

perigonial rosettes yellowish to reddish green;

perichaetial leaves longer than the foliage leaves, long-sheathing, the blade almost obsolete, ending in a slender yellowish or hyaline awn.

2–3 mm, short-rectangular to almost cubic (1–1.5:1), brownish, sharply 4-angled and prismatic, suberect, becoming horizontal when ripe;

peristome 200–230 µm, divided to 0.8, the teeth 64, obtuse.

2.5–5 mm, rectangular, longer than wide (1.5–2:1), reddish brown to dark brown, glaucous when fresh, suberect, becoming horizontal when mature, sharply 4-angled and prismatic;

peristome 200–240 µm, divided to 0.6–0.8, the teeth 64, keeled at back.

dirty white to light brown, enclosing the capsule.

whitish to light brown, covering the capsule.

7–9(–15) µm.

6–10(–12) µm.