Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Fontinalis antipyretica resembles F. hypnoides in that it is a large aquatic moss and has no costa. While the leaves of F. hypnoides are usually plane or nearly plane, the leaves of F. antipyretica are keeled and folded (keeled-conduplicate.) The leaves are dark olivaceous or yellow brown. The keel of the leaf is curved. Fontinalis antipyretica is found in slowly moving creeks or streams.
Please click on an image for a larger file.
Fontinalis antipyretica, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, April 30, 2011
Fontinalis antipyretica, branch, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, April 30, 2011
Fontinalis antipyretica, 20x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, April 30, 2011
Fontinalis antipyretica, 400x photomicrograph of leaf cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, April 30, 2011
Fontinalis antipyretica, 400x photomicrograph of cross section of mid portion of leaf at midleaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, April 30, 2011
Fontinalis antipyretica, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Kelly Allred, Black Range, Railroad Canyon, April 21, 2012
Back to the Index