Flora of North America species comparison

leaves spatulate to broad-spatulate, 0.8–1.5(–2) mm, strongly lacerate across the broad apex and often part way down the margins, border scarcely to strongly broadened at base (0.25 width of base or less);

hyaline cells rhomboid, efibrillose and often 1–2-septate.

leaves lingulate, 0.9–1.2(–1.4) mm, apex rounded-erose to sometimes slightly apiculate, border moderately strong and broadened at the base (to 0.8 the width);

hyaline cells rhombic, 0–1-septate, usually efibrillose.

not 5-ranked, quite terete, long, and slender Branch fascicles with 1– 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

not or slightly 5-ranked, lax.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate; 1.1–1.5(–2) mm, slightly concave, straight;

apex involute;

margins entire;

hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous pores along the commissures grading from small pores near leaf apex to large pores at base, concave surface with large round pores at leaf apex and along margins.

ovate, 0.8–1.4 mm, distinctly concave, straight, apex dentate and involute;

border entire;

hyaline cells on convex surface with elliptic pores along the commissures, grading from smaller pores near the apex to larger pores at the base, concave surface with large round pores on the proximal portions of the leaf.

often monoicous.

dioicous.

20–27 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

18–24 µm; coarsely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 the length of the spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.