Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbula mucronifolia (Schwägr.) Garov.
Desmatodon mucronifolius (Schwägr.) Mitten
Syntrichia mucronifolia (Schwägr.) Brid.
Tortula subulata subsp. mucronifolia (Schwägr.) Kindb.
Tortula mucronifolia has leaves with progressively longer awns as you move distally
on the stem. The leaves are mucronate proximally, and short awned distally. The cells of the
lamina have no obvious papillae except for a few visible on the margin distally. The proximal
marginal cells are long rectangular and the margin is reflexed. The peristome is well-developed
of long, twisted hairs.
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Tortula mucronifolia, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of capsule, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of twisted peristome, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
Tortula mucronifolia, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Iowa, Clayton County, Bixby State Park 1 mi N of Edgewood, at Steamboat Rock, June 9, 2015; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 31, 2023
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