Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dermatodon cernuus Huebener
Desmatodon cernuus (Huebener) Bruch & Schimp.
Trichostomum cernuum (Huebener) Trevis.
Tortula cernua has no obvious papillae. The leaf usually has a border of 2-3 rows of long
rectangular cells and is recurved at midleaf. The leaf apex is mucronate. There is no
adaxial pad of cells. The capsule is curved.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp, and Dina Clark for permitting
us to photograph this specimen.
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Tortula cernua, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of habit, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, dark field photomicrograph of wet stem, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of capsule, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaves, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of cells near midleaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaf margin near base, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
Tortula cernua, photomicrograph of cross section of costa, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Cache County, Upper Logan Canyon, July 7, 1928; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 18, 2023
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