Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbula brevipes Lesq.
Tortula brevipes has exserted sporophytes and leaves that are not bordered but that
are densely papillose. The leaves are awned. The capsule is long cylindric, with a long
operculum and long peristome teeth (filaments).
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 brevipes, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, dark field photomicrograph of reproductive stem, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, dark field photomicrograph of moist stem, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of papillae en face, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of papillae in profile, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of capsule, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of spores, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
Tortula brevipes, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by Seville Flowers, Utah, Davis County, near Great Salt Lake on dry saline soil, June 1, 1930; photos by Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, February 17, 2023
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