Status: Native
Synonyms:
Brachythecium latifolium Kindberg
Brachythecium nelsonii Grout
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium is now placed in a genus which morphologically is scarcely distinct from Brachythecium. Sciuro-hypnum latifolium looks much like Brachythecium rivulare. Sciuro-hypnum latifolium has stem leaves with less inflated alar cells, little to no plication, and entire margins. Be careful to use stem leaves when called for in the key and only branch leaves when specifically required. Both Sciuro-hypnum latifolium and Brachythecium rivulare inhabit similar habitats-- wet rocks and soil at higher elevations.
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Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of stem, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, dark field photomicrograph of stem, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of stem leaf, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of stem leaf base, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of stem leaf apex, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of stem leaf cells mid lamina, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
Sciuro-hypnum latifolium, photomicrograph of branch leaf, collection Kelly Allred, Sandoval County, Valles Caldera National Preserve, on wet rock, June 24, 2009; photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, November 12, 2022
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