Status: Native
Synonyms:
Bryum algovicum Sendtner ex Müller Hal.
Bryum pendulum (Hornsch.) Schimper
Ptychostomum pendulum Hornsch.
Ptychostomum compactum is a small moss of drier areas. The stems are mostly brown, with the live green portion
sitting on top. The leaf apices are definitely pointed and the costa is excurrent. The leaf margins are
recurved.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for loaning us this specimen for photography.
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Ptychostomum compactum, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, macro of habit, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, dark field photomicrograph of stem apex, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
Ptychostomum compactum, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Salt Lake County, 1/2 mi NE of Saltair, S. Flowers #1219 but undated; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, June 10, 2023
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