Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbula rigida Hedwig
Aloina rigida is a rather small moss found at higher elevations growing on soil in mixed conifer forest.
The leaves are sheathing at the base. The spreading portion of the leaf is covered in filaments,
each of which is capped by an ovoid beaked cell. The edges of the lamina are inrolled over the filaments. The
basal portion of the lamina has a hyaline border of elongate hyaline cells.
The peristome of the cylindrical capsule is strongly twisted.
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Aloina rigida, 4x macro of wet habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Aloina rigida, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Aloina rigida, 200x photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Aloina rigida, 4x macro of twisted peristome, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Aloina rigida, 200x photomicrograph of thick leaf cross section showing lamina inrolled over filaments, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Aloina rigida, 100x photomicrograph of leaf profile demonstrating elongate hyaline cells at basal margin, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & Ron Wittman, San Miguel Cty., top of Elk Mtn., Santa Fe National Forest, August 4, 2015
Aloina rigida, 600x photomicrograph of single filament, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig & Ron Wittman, San Miguel Cty., top of Elk Mtn., Santa Fe National Forest, August 4, 2015
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