Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Grimmia plagiopodia forms dense tufts that are variably hoary. Only the perichaetial leaves have long awns, so only the reproductive areas in a tuft will
be hoary. The concave stem leaves have short awns or are missing them. G. plagiopodia is autoicous, so it is usually reproductive when found.
The short capsules have well developed peristomes and are immersed on eccentrically attached S-shaped (sigmoid) setae. The leaves are one stratose, although the
margins can be two stratose. We found G. plagiopodia growing on sandstone, although it apparently is more commonly found on exposed calcareous rocks.
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Grimmia plagiopodia, dense tuft, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, closeup of dense tuft, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of single reproductive stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of stem leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of stem leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of stem leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of perichaetial leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of sporophyte and perichaetial leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of sporophyte and seta, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of distal leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
Grimmia plagiopodia, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, Sandstone bluffs on Cerro Enciero Rd., on rock, April 19, 2017
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