Status: Native
Synonyms:
Hypnum fluitans Hedwig
Drepanocladus fluitans (Hedw.) Warnstorf
Warnstorfia fluitans can be found submerged or nearly submerged in fens, but thus far has only been found at Valles
Caldera in New Mexico. It is a pleurocarp that bears a close resemblance to Leptodictyum riparium, but the stems
of W. fluitans are much shorter with much shorter leaves that can be markedly falcate secund.
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Warnstorfia fluitans, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of leaf base with triangular zone of alar cells, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of leaf with rhizoids arising from leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of leaf apex with rhizoids, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of leaf apex with occasional area of shorter cells, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of cross section of stem (no hyalodermis, central strand present), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
Warnstorfia fluitans, photomicrograph of lanceolate pseudoparaphyllia, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera, Alamo Canyon, June 22, 2019
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