Flora of North America species comparison

leaves appressed to stem or somewhat spreading; lingulate, ovate, to triangular; equal to or less than 0.9 mm;

apex obtuse and often erose to lacerate.

with leaves unranked to 5-ranked, leaves not much elongated at distal branch tip.

ovate-ligulate, apex broad, rounded, and truncate, hyaline cells with 20–40 small (less than 0.25 cell diameter) in mostly 2 rows.

ovate, 1.1–1.3 mm long, stiff, weakly undulate and slightly recurved when dry;

hyaline cells in mid region quite short and broad, 3.3–2.5:1, in basal 1/2 of leaf on convex surface often with 1 large pore apically and/or up to 6 free pores, in apical region often with pseudopores along the cell margins;

on concave surface with large round wall-thinnings in the cell ends and angles (these sometimes faint or absent);

chlorophyllose cells triangular in transverse section and typically well-enclosed on concave surface.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 2–3 pendent branches.

unknown.