Status: Native
Synonyms:
Jungermannia sphagni Dicks.
Cephalozia sphagni (Dicks.) Spruce
Pleuroschisma sphagni (Dicks.) Dumort.
Sphagnoecetis sphagni (Dumort.) Dumort.
Odontoschisma sphagni is an interesting liverwort in many ways. The leafy stems bear
long, leafless stolons. The leaves themselves have a border of transversely elongate cells. The
leaf margin is commonly at least partially recurved. These are all unusual traits to find
in a liverwort. Odontoschisma sphagni has no underleaves or lobules. The cells of the
lamina are thick-walled and have thickened trigones.
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Odontoschisma sphagni, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of stem, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of dry appearance, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, dark field photomicrograph of stem with stolon, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of stem (note bordered leaves and stolon), collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of stem, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of stem with perianth (a protective sleeve around the archegonia), collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of leaf, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of border of leaf, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of cells of lamina, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
Odontoschisma sphagni, photomicrograph of cross section of stem, collection W.R. Norris, Alabama, Franklin County, Dismals Canyon, on sandstone rock, September 26, 1992; Photographs Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 5, 2023
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