Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dicranum latifolium J.J. Amann
Dicranum scoparium has long, falcate leaves that are strongly toothed distally. Unlike Paraleucobryum sauteri , the costa is narrow. The distal cells are elongate and pitted. The costa of D. scoparium is strongly ribbed. D. scoparium has curved capsules. We found D. scoparium at higher elevation on the Middle Fork Trail near Red River, NM.
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Dicranum scoparium, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, dry specimen, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, sporophytes, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, dry stems, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, single dry stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of elongate and pitted distal cells & toothed and ridged abaxial costa, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of leaf cross section with ridged costa, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
Dicranum scoparium, photomicrograph of leaf cross section with ridged costa, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Taos County, Carson NF, near Red River, Middle Fork Lake Trail, July 29, 2021
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