by CONPS ME | Oct 13, 2023
Common in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and oak communities, often in clay soil, 5500-12,500 ft. June-Aug. E/W. Photo by...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Leaves serrate from apex to base, to almost or quite entire; leaves commonly rounded at the apex. Leaves not decurrent, leaf cells elongate, ; margin weakly serrate, with relatively few arrested teeth. The stem apex forms a rosette with massed paraphyses (erect...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum does not have the long, green-stemmed horizontal branches that characterize the genus Plagiomnium. It does have cells that are called “micronemata”. These can be recognized as cells in the stem that are broader and shorter, more...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida.[1] M. polymorpha is highly variable in appearance and contains several subspecies. This species is dioicous, having separate male and female plants. M. polymorpha has a wide...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Its beautifully recurved leaves (when moistened) earn it the local name of “Star Moss”. Large. Hair-point is hyaline; stems not conspicuously reddish, the leaves densely clothing the stem and the sheaths not usually visible; leaves strongly squarrose...
