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, broadly lingulate to lingulate-spatulate; 0.8–1.3 mm, apex broad, truncate and lacerate, border broad at base (more than 0.25 of base);

hyaline cells rhomboid, efibrillose, and rarely septate.

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

typically long and tapering, not 5-ranked.

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 to ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.4(–1.8) mm, concave, straight, apex strongly involute, margins entire;

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

often monoicous.

dioicous.

20–27 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

21–27 µm, moderately to coarsely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.;

branch stem with solitary retort cells or in groups of 2–3, necks moderately distinct.