Flora of North America species comparison

leaves 1.4–1.8 mm, elongate-triangular, lingulate-triangular, hemiisophyllous forms elongate triangular-ovate, 1.4–1.8 mm, apex usually conspicuously toothed, border narrow at base (less than 0.25 width);

hyaline cells narrowly rhombic to S-shaped, can be efibrillose and aporose but more commonly fibrillose and porose, 0–1-septate.

leaves triangular, 1–1.7 mm, apex acute to slightly obtuse;

leaves usually appressed;

margins entire;

hyaline cells fibrillose and usually septate at base and sides.

turgid and terete, leaves, not 5-ranked.

unranked, long and tapering, leaves greatly elongated at distal end.

ovate, 1.1–1.7 mm, slightly concave, straight, apex weakly involute and conspicuously toothed;

hyaline cells on the convex surface with round to elliptic pores along the commissures, grading from moderate-sized pores near apex to large pores at leaf base, concave surface with large round pores throughout.

ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–5.5 mm; straight but sometimes slightly falcate-secund; weakly undulate and recurved when dry;

margins entire;

hyaline cells on convex surface with 0–1 pore per cell, on concave surface with round wall thinnings on the apices and angles; chlorophyllous cells narrowly triangular in transverse section and just enclosed on the concave surface.

uncertain, monoicous or dioicous or possibly both.

dioicous.

22–25 µm, finely roughened.

26–29 µm;

both surfaces distinctly papillose, appearing pusticulate to irregularly pusticulate;

proximal laesura mostly less than 0.5 spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 2 pendent branches.;

branch stems green;

cortex enlarged with conspicuous retort cells.