Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbula crinita Schultz
Barbula aurea (E.B. Bartram) R.H. Zander
Pseudocrossidium aureum (E.B. Bartram) R.H. Zander
Tortula aurea E.B. Bartram
Pseudocrossidium crinitum has leaves with a long mucronate tip or an awn, rather than the apiculate to short mucronate apex of Pseudocrossidium replicatum. The distal margins of both species are recurved to once revolute. Both species are found on cliff walls at middle elevations where there is a year round water source.
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Pseudocrossidium crinitum (3x macro dry), photo Russ Kleinman, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum (3x macro wet), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 200x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of midleaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf nearer tip, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf nearer tip, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, San Francisco River near the hot springs, December 27, 2010
Pseudocrossidium crinitum, 400x photomicrograph of freehand cross section of distal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, April 10, 2012
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