Status: Native
Synonyms:
Tortula norvegica (F. Weber) Wahlenb. ex Lindb. Steere
Syntrichia norvegica has a long awn that is mostly red, unlike Syntrichia ruralis. The distal cells on S. ruralis are 8-12 microns in largest dimension, compared to 13-18 microns for the distal cells of S. norvegica. They both are pluripapillose and have hyaline windows at the base without a constriction at mid leaf. S. norvegica is found on soil at high elevation.
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Syntrichia norvegica (2x macro dry), photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 5x macro-- leaf is too large to fit into one field at 40x, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 40x photomicrograph of distal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 40x photomicrograph of proximal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 100x photomicrograph of awn, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 100x photomicrograph of hyaline window, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 100x photomicrograph of hyaline windows, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 400x photomicrograph of distal cells measured, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 100x photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of costa, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
Syntrichia norvegica, 400x photomicrograph of recurved margin, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, and Kelly Allred, Taos County, Carson National Forest, top of the Red River Ski lift, July 22, 2014
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