Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Paraleucobryum longifolium (Ehrhart ex Hedwig) Loeske

Family: Dicranaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Dicranum longifolium Ehrhart ex Hedwig
Campylopus canadensis Kindberg
Dicranum serratum Kindberg

Paraleucobryum longifolium is not as obviously circinate and has a much broader costa at the base than P. sauteri. The costa of P. longifolium takes up 70-80% of the leaf base. The costa of P. sauteri takes up about 50% of the leaf base. P. longifolium is found at middle to upper elevation in moist mixed conifer forest.
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Paraleucobryum longifolium, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021



Paraleucobryum longifolium, leaf base, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021



Paraleucobryum longifolium, leaf base, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021



Paraleucobryum longifolium, photomicrograph of leaf leaf apex, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021



Paraleucobryum longifolium, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021



Paraleucobryum longifolium, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Kelly Allred, San Miguel County, Santa Fe NF, along Gallinas Creek, July 15, 2021


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