Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta grows on soil in areas where limestone is present. It is a small acrocarpous moss with a yellow-green color. There is a costa that ends just short of the apex. The apex of the leaf is bluntly acute but can have a small apiculus. The cells of the lamina are multipapillose with round papillae that give the leaf edge a bumpy appearance. There are red-brown rhizoidal tubers present.
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Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, 4x macro, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, 200x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, 400x photomicrograph of leaf tip, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tuber, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road on soil, August 13, 2023
Barbula convoluta var. convoluta, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road on soil, August 13, 2023
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