Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dicranum scoparum var. fuscescens (Turner) Béhéré
Dicranum brevifolium, Dicranum acutifolium, Dicranum fuscescens
and Dicranum muehlenbeckii are all exceedingly similar and many of the identifying
characteristics are not apparent in the New Mexico material. D. fuscescens is
best determined by its partly two-stratose margin and by the papillose-spinose
abaxial surface of the distal costa on cross section. At this time, a single specimen of Dicranum fuscescens is known
from New Mexico-- collected by G.J. Ikenberry in 1938 and identified by W. Steere.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp, & Dina Clark for permitting us
to photograph this specimen!
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Dicranum fuscescens, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, dark field photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, photomicrograph at mid-leaf, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, photomicrograph of distal leaf cross section with both margins bistratose and the abaxial costal surface papillose-spinose, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
Dicranum fuscescens, photomicrograph of less distal leaf cross section with one margin bistratose and the abaxial costal surface smoother, collection by Gilford J. Ikenberry (ID by W.C. Steere, 1978), Taos County, Twining, on moist soil in woods, July 4, 1938; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, March 1, 2023
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