Flora of North America species comparison

leaves lingulate-triangular to lingulate, 1–1.4 mm, apex broadly rounded but becoming acute in hemiisophyllous forms, border strongly developed at base (more than 0.25 width);

hyaline cells rhombic and 0–3-septate with some cells in leaf midregion 2–septate.

red-tinged, cortex eporose.;

stem leaves triangular-lingulate to lingulate with a more or less obtuse apex, 0.8–1.05 × 0.5–0.55 mm;

border strongly developed at the base;

hyaline cells rhomboid and 0–1-septate, efibrillose and eporose.

weakly to strongly 5-ranked.

with leaves 5-ranked and loosely spreading.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.9–1.2 mm, concave, subsecund on some branches, apex involute;

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

small, 1–1.2 × 0.3–0.35 mm;

convex surface with moderate-sized pores, grading from 4–6 µm near apex to more than 20 µm at base, concave surface eporose except for occasional large round pores in proximal side regions.

dioicous.

unknown.

18–33 µm, coarsely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.4 spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.