Status: Native
Synonyms:
Sciuro-hypnum oedipodium (Mitten) Ignatov & Huttunen
Brachythecium oedipodium is a light green, mid-sized pleurocarpous moss. It has a strongly serrate
leaf margin almost all the way to the base. The acuminate tip is frequently twisted. The mid-laminal
cells are linear. We found this moss growing on soil at the cave entrance.
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Brachythecium oedipodium, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig, John Brinda & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, AJ's Turnaround, July 21, 2016
Brachythecium oedipodium, photomicrograph of leaf photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig, John Brinda & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, AJ's Turnaround, July 21, 2016
Brachythecium oedipodium, photomicrograph of leaf photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig, John Brinda & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, AJ's Turnaround, July 21, 2016
Brachythecium oedipodium, dark field photomicrograph of leaf photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Kirsten Romig, John Brinda & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, AJ's Turnaround, July 21, 2016
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