Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Fissidens sublimbatus is a smaller Fissidens with an apiculus made up of a single hyaline cell. The dorsal lamina ends before the leaf insertion. The margin is entire or serrulate distally. There is a weak limbidium frequently found only on the vaginant lamina. The stems are dimorphic, with fertile stems having larger leaves that are more widely spaced (see pix of this same species on the mosses of the Gila portion of this webpage). Fissidens sublimbatus is found in arid lower elevation areas.
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Fissidens sublimbatus, 5x macro wet, photo Russ Kleinman, Kirsten Romig, Dave Anderson & Karen Blisard, Doņa Ana Cty., White Sands Missile Range, San Andres Mtns., Bear Canyon N of Black Mtn., in wash at side of dry creekbed in sand, May 14, 2013 (thanks to Ron Pursell for the ID!)
Fissidens sublimbatus, 100x photomicrograph of portion of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Kirsten Romig, Dave Anderson & Karen Blisard, Doņa Ana Cty., White Sands Missile Range, San Andres Mtns., Bear Canyon N of Black Mtn., in wash at side of dry creekbed in sand, May 14, 2013
Fissidens sublimbatus, 200x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kirsten Romig, Dave Anderson & Karen Blisard, Doņa Ana Cty., White Sands Missile Range, San Andres Mtns., Bear Canyon N of Black Mtn., in wash at side of dry creekbed in sand, May 14, 2013
Fissidens sublimbatus, 400x photomicrograph of insertion of vaginant lamina (stem is to the left), photo Russ Kleinman, Kirsten Romig, Dave Anderson & Karen Blisard, Doņa Ana Cty., White Sands Missile Range, San Andres Mtns., Bear Canyon N of Black Mtn., in wash at side of dry creekbed in sand, May 14, 2013
Fissidens sublimbatus, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex and margin, photo Russ Kleinman, Kirsten Romig, Dave Anderson & Karen Blisard, Doņa Ana Cty., White Sands Missile Range, San Andres Mtns., Bear Canyon N of Black Mtn., in wash at side of dry creekbed in sand, May 14, 2013
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