Status: Native
Synonyms:
Leskea mexicana Bescherelle
Lindbergia mexicana is a small moss that is confusing because it does not have the prominent papillae of the more common L. brachyptera. The leaves are closely appressed to the stem when dry, but widely spreading when wet, a key character. The costa ends just before the apex but is not particularly sinuous and the leaf margins are plane at midleaf, helping to distinguish it from the similar Lescuraea arizonae. Be sure to check out the pix of this moss from Eddy County.
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Lindbergia mexicana, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Lower Gallinas Canyon about 1/2 mi N of Hwy 152, April 28, 2024
Lindbergia mexicana, moistened clump, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Lower Gallinas Canyon about 1/2 mi N of Hwy 152, April 28, 2024
Lindbergia mexicana, photomicrograph of moistened stem, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Lower Gallinas Canyon about 1/2 mi N of Hwy 152, April 28, 2024
Lindbergia mexicana, photomicrograph of leaf, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Lower Gallinas Canyon about 1/2 mi N of Hwy 152, April 28, 2024
Leskeadelphus angustatus, photomicrograph of indistinctly one papillose cells, Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, Lower Gallinas Canyon about 1/2 mi N of Hwy 152, April 28, 2024
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