Status: Native
Synonyms:
Cratoneuron commutatum of North American reports
Cratoneuron decipiens of North American reports
Palustriella commutataof North American reports
Palustriella decipiens of North American reports
Palustriella falcata is a pleurocarp with falcate secund, plicate leaves. The alar cells are inflated and hyaline. Slender paraphyllia, multiseriate (2 or more cells wide) at the base and sometimes branched, are abundant and helpful in differentiating this moss from other Amblystegiaceae. Cratoneuron is similar, but its leaves are not plicate. Palustriella falcata is found around moving water at upper elevation.
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Palustriella falcata, 3x macro of habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & Karen Blisard, Taos Cty., Sangre de Cristo Mtns., Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, March 19, 2015
Palustriella falcata, 3x macro wet, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, 3x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, 200x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, 200x photomicrograph of paraphyllia at cut edge of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, photomicrograph of paraphyllia on stem with some of the leaves removed, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Stacey Anderson & Chuck Anderson, Colorado, Larimer County, Michigan Ditch, August 3, 2024
Palustriella falcata, photomicrograph of paraphyllia stripped from stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Stacey Anderson & Chuck Anderson, Colorado, Larimer County, Michigan Ditch, August 3, 2024
Palustriella falcata, 400x photomicrograph of paraphyllium, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
Palustriella falcata, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Kelly Allred, Otero Cty., Sacramento Mtns., Lincoln National Forest, Bluff Springs, July 10, 2012
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