Status: Native
Synonyms:
Gymnostomum conicum Schwägrichen
Microbryum davallianum (Smith) R.H. Zander var. conicum (Schwägrichen) R.H. Zander
Pottia texana Wareham
Microbryum davallianum is a minute moss of sandy habitats. M. davallianum differs from the similar M. starckeanum in the leaves of M. davallianum being relatively longer versus their width, and its spores being papillose or spicate versus merely tuberculate or smooth.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for loaning us this specimen for photography.
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Microbryum davallianum, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of dry stems, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of fertile stem, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, dark field photomicrograph of fertile stem, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of spicate spores, collection and identification by Howard Crum, Michigan, Presque Isle County, 1 mi W of Posen, Metz Road on calcareous soil, October 25, 1968; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of proximal leaf cross section, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
Microbryum davallianum, photomicrograph of distal leaf cross section, collection and identification by S. Flowers, Utah, San Juan County, Colorado River, Lake Canyon, on damp soil, July 14, 1958; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 14, 2023
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