Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Fabronia pusilla is a very small pleurocarpous moss with leaves less than 0.5mm long. The leaf edges are usually very coarsely toothed. Usually more than one tooth per leaf is made up of 2-5 cells, compared to the teeth of F. ciliaris which are only occasionally made up of 2 cells and are can be missing altogether. The laminal cells are usually elongate at midleaf. While F. ciliaris is very common in New Mexico, F. pusilla was only known until recently from this one collection by Stephen Talbot from the Organ Mountains in 1980. F. pusilla has now been found in the Gila National Forest and those pix are on this page.
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Fabronia pusilla, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, single stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, leaf with multicellular sharp teeth, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, leaf with multicellular sharp teeth, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, leaf with multicellular sharp teeth, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, leaf with multicellular sharp teeth, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
Fabronia pusilla, leaf with multicellular sharp teeth, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Grant County, Gila National Forest, large alcove just west of Hwy 15 near the Meadow Creek turnoff, May 9, 2026
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