Status: Native
Synonyms:
Trichostomum tenuirostre (Hooker & Taylor) M. Alonso
Oxystegus tenuirostris (Hook. & Taylor) A.J.E. Sm.
Trichostomum cylindricum (Brid.) Müll. Hal.
Trichostomum mollissimum auct. Amer.
Chionoloma tenuirostre when dry has long, narrow, contorted leaves that have an acute apex. The leaf margins are plane. The cells of the lamina are multipapillose except at the base where the brownish rectangular cells are smooth and at the apex where the cells of the mucro are also lack papillae. The stem has a central strand and the leaves have a weak adaxial stereid band and a strong abaxial stereid band. The leaves are undulate (wavy) and somewhat fragile. Chionoloma tenuirostre lacks the obvious "V" at the base seen in mosses in the genus Tortella. Chionoloma tenuirostre is found on rocks in mixed conifer forest at upper elevation in the Gila.
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Chionoloma tenuirostre (3x macro dry), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre (3x macro wet), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 200x photomicrograph of leaf base (no "V" visible), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 200x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 400x photomicrograph of stem cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 3x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
Chionoloma tenuirostre, 400x photomicrograph of costa cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns, Bursum Road, Bursum Camp, April 28, 2012
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