Status: Native
Synonyms:
Thuidium abietinum (Hedwig) Schimper
Abietinella abietina is a large pleurocarp with dimorphic leaves. The stem leaves are larger and more abruptly narrowed than the branch leaves. Both stem and branch leaves have upper leaf cells with a single large papilla. The upper leaf margin looks somewhat serrate due to the upward pointing papillae. The paraphyllia are so numerous that they are visible between the stem leaves using a hand lens. Abietinella abietina was photographed near Sipapu ski area on a north facing slope on soil.
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Abietinella abietina, 3x macro of stems, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 3x macro of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 5x macro of stem showing dimorphism of leaves and paraphyllia protruding between stem leaves, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 40x photomicrograph of dimorphic leaves with branch leaf on top and larger stem leaf on bottom, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 100x photomicrograph of stem leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 100x photomicrograph of branch leaf with paraphyllia at base, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 400x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base with paraphyllia attached, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, 400x photomicrograph of paraphyllia, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson Nat. Forest, near Sipapu Ski area, July 20, 2014
Abietinella abietina, stereomicrograph of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Ron Wittman, Kirsten Romig & Kelly Allred, San Miguel Cty., Santa Fe National Forest, along Panchuela Creek near Cowles, August 4, 2015
Abietinella abietina, 200x photomicrograph of leaf and paraphyllium, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Ron Wittman, Kirsten Romig & Kelly Allred, San Miguel Cty., Santa Fe National Forest, along Panchuela Creek near Cowles, August 4, 2015
Abietinella abietina, 600x photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Ron Wittman, Kirsten Romig & Kelly Allred, San Miguel Cty., Santa Fe National Forest, along Panchuela Creek near Cowles, August 4, 2015
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