Status: Native
Synonyms:
Plagiothecium deplanatum (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) Spruce
Taxiphyllum deplanatum appears complanate here, but apparently can also be homomallous. The leaves on our specimens seem to be flattened into one plane in other words. There is a short double costa or no costa visible at all. The leaf cells are elongate. The margin is plane distally, may be recurved proximally, and are serrulate by virtue of prorate cell ends. There are just a few quadrate alar cells at the base. The rhizoids are smooth, a character that separates it from other similar genera in the Hypnaceae. Pseudoparaphyllia are present, a character that distinguishes it from Pseudotaxiphyllum homomallifolium. Taxiphyllum deplanatum is found at middle elevation on boulders in mixed conifer forest near perennial water.
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Taxiphyllum deplanatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 4x macro, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 100x photomicrograph of frequent folded stance seen on slide, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf margin at midleaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 400x photomicrograph of smooth rhizoids, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
Taxiphyllum deplanatum, 400x photomicrograph of pseudoparaphyllia, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Cliff Dweller Canyon, October 29, 2011
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