Status: Native
Synonyms:
Orthodicranum montanum (Hedw.) Loeske
Dicranum has long slender leaves that are contorted and twisted when dry. Like all Dicranums, the alar cells are inflated and orange colored. The apical cells are quadrate. The apex is coarsely toothed. The best character to use to distinguish Dicranum montanum from Dicranweisia is the presence of brood branchlets that have leaf scars. The brood branchlets are found at the apex of stems of Dicranum montanum. Dicranum montanum is found on wood at middle to upper elevation in moist forest.
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Dicranum montanum, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 3x macro, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of stem with central strand, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
Dicranum montanum, 40x photomicrograph of brood branchlets, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, January 19, 2012
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