Status: Native
Synonyms:
Pottia nevadesis Cardot & Thér.
Tortula nevadensis has exserted capsules and unbordered but awned leaves. The leaf cells
are smooth (lacking papillae) and the leaf margins are plane. Some leaves may be toothed near the apex. Interestingly,
even though the operculum is long rostrate, there is no peristome.
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 nevadensis, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of dry stems, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of long rostrate capsule, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of capsule lacking peristome, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf margin, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula nevadensis, photomicrograph of cross section of costa, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Boxelder County, E side of Pilot Peak near Nevada state line on wet saline soil in seepage area on W border of the Great Salt Lake Desert, May 3, 1937; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
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