Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Leskea polycarpa is a small, mat-forming pleurocarpous moss. The branches are curved near the apex.
The leaves are dimorphic, with the stem leaves being long-acuminate and
the branch leaves simply acute. The lamina cells are irregularly mammillose on the abaxial surface.
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Leskea polycarpa, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of branch, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of stem leaf, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of branch leaf, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of mammillose leaf cells, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of leaf cross section showing mammillose abaxial surface, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
Leskea polycarpa, photomicrograph of leaf cross section showing mammillose abaxial surface, collection & ID by A.C. Risk, Florida, Wakulla, Apalachicola National Forest, River Sinks area NNW of Bethel, attached to shrub just above water level in sink hole, March 20, 1992; photos Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 10, 2023
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