Flora of North America species comparison

leaves triangular-lingulate to lingulate, 1.1–1.4 mm, apex broad-rounded to narrowly truncate, border very broad at base (more than 0.3 width);

hyaline cells efibrillose, rhombic, mostly 1-septate but can be non-septate.

leaves triangular to triangular-lingulate, 1–1.3 mm, apex acute to slightly obtuse, border broad at base (more than 0.25 width);

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

long and tapering, usually strongly 5-ranked.

usually strongly 5-ranked.

ovate-lanceolate, 0.9–1.4 mm, concave, straight, apex involute;

hyaline cells on convex surface with very small ringed pores (less than 0.25 cell width) along commissures near apex, changing abruptly to large elliptical pores (0.4 cell width or more) basally, concave surface with large round pores in proximal margins and leaf base.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.1–1.5 mm, concave, straight, apex slightly involute;

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

dioicous.

monoicous or dioicous.

17–26 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

19–27 µm, finely papillose on proximal surface, pusticulate on distal surface;

proximal laesura less than 0.4 spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

fascicles with mostly 3 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.