Status: Native
Synonyms:
Husnotiella revoluta Cardot
Didymodon revolutus is a relatively small, arid desert dwelling moss. The leaves are short-ovate with a low adaxial pad of cells on the distal costa, which is usually spurred. The leaf is mostly one stratose. The leaf margins are usually revolute almost to the apex. Papillae are low to absent.
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Didymodon revolutus, 5x macro dry habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 5x macro wet habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 200x photomicrograph of leaf with margins revolute nearly to apex and with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 200x photomicrograph of leaf with margins revolute nearly to apex and with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 200x photomicrograph of leaf with margins revolute nearly to apex and with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 200x photomicrograph of leaf with margins revolute nearly to apex and with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex with spurred costa and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of stem with central strand, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf with one stereid band and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
Didymodon revolutus, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf with one stereid band and low adaxial pad of cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Eddy Cty., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Slaughter Canyon trail, April 9, 2013
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