Status: Native
Synonyms:
Hypnum reflexum Starke
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum is a small to medium sized moss with obviously different stem and branch leaves. The more widely-spaced stem leaves are ovate-triangular in shape while the more densely packed branch leaves are narrow lanceolate. The alar cells are square shaped and quite different from the more rectangular cells next to the costa. In addition, the stem leaves are markedly decurrent compared to the branch leaves. The costa is variable, with some disappearing into the leaf apex, while in other leaves the costa appears quite short. The stalk to the capsule (seta) is red-brown and rough. This moss is found at middle to upper elevation in mixed conifer forest on wood.
Many thanks to Yelena Kosovich-Anderson for confirming this ID for us!
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Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, collection, ID, & photo by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, widely spaced ovate triangular stem leaves in situ, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, closely spaced narrow lanceolate branch leaves in situ, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, branch leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, branch leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, triangular stem leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, triangular stem leaf with obvious decurrency, collection, ID, & photo by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, base of leaf with obvious difference in shape between alar and juxtacostal cells, collection, ID, & photo by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, base of stem leaf with obvious difference in shape between alar and juxtacostal cells and long decurrency, collection, ID, & photo by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, branch leaf with costa disappearing into the acumen (leaf apex), collection, ID, & photo by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
Sciuro-hypnum reflexum, rough red-brown seta, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, collection & ID by Kelly Allred, Otero County, Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Hay Canyon Road, June 18, 2003
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