Status: Native
Synonyms:
Anomodon rostratus (Hedwig) Schimper
Claopodium rostratum is a pleurocarpous moss easily confused with the smaller Brachytheciaceae with just a loupe. However, under the compound microscope the hair tips are obvious, as well as the hexagonal leaf cells. Even more obvious is that the leaf is nearly opaque due to the many papillae on each cell. The leaf margins are commonly revolute. The costa is yellow, sunken, and ends well before the leaf tip. Claopodium rostratum is found at middle elevation growing on rocks.
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Claopodium rostratum, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, San Vicente Creek, February 24, 2021
Claopodium rostratum (dry), photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
Claopodium rostratum (wet), 3x macro, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
Claopodium rostratum, 200x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
Claopodium rostratum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
Claopodium rostratum, 200x photomicrograph of different leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
Claopodium rostratum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ben Wilder & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Rain Creek Canyon, July 1, 2010
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