Status: Native
Synonyms:
Pseudoleskea patens (Lindb.) Kindb.
Pseudoleskea atrovirens var. patens (Lindb.) Conradi & I. Hagen
Lescuraea atrovirens var. patens (Lindb.) Mönk.
Lescuraea patens is a striking pleurocarpous moss under the microscope-- it has abundant paraphyllia.
Each cell has a single, rounded papilla on both surfaces that is centered or off-centered rather than prorulose. The apex is
acute but there is no hairpoint.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp, and Dina Clark for allowing us
to photograph this specimen.
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Lescuraea patens, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of dry stems, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of capsule, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, dark field photomicrograph of dry stem, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of moistened stem, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of leaf, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of leaf, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of paraphyllia on stem, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of paraphyllia on stem cross section, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of paraphyllium, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of lamina with papillae, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
Lescuraea patens, photomicrograph of cross section of leaf, F.J. Hermann, Washington, Snohomish County, Mt. Baker National Forest, near Silverton, Perry Creek Trail, on granite, July 2, 1963; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 21, 2023
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