Status: Native
Synonyms:
Leskeella arizonae (R.S. Williams) Flowers
Pseudoleskea arizonae R.S. Williams
Pseudoleskeella arizonae (R.S. Williams) E. Lawton
Lescuraea arizonae is a small pleurocarpous moss that forms mats of small, frequently nearly parallel filaments on rock faces. The leaves have a strong but somewhat sinuous costa into the tip, and there are flanges or folds (plicae) longitudinally inside the leaf edges. The cells are not elongate, about 1-2 times as long as wide. Again, I would like to thank Dr. Kelly Allred for help with this ID.
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Lescuraea arizonae (dry), photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, McMillen Campground, April 5, 2010
Lescuraea arizonae (wettened), photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, McMillen Campground, April 5, 2010
Lescuraea arizonae, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, McMillen Campground, April 5, 2010
Lescuraea arizonae, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, August 2, 2012
Lescuraea arizonae, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, August 2, 2012
Lescuraea arizonae, 400X photomicrograph of cross section of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, trail above McMillen Campground, June 20, 2014
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