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Marginate Splashzone Moss

Scouleria marginata Britton 1895

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Stem leaves 3-3.5(-4) × 1-1.3 mm, margins multistratose throughout except 2-stratose at apex (pseudocosta in cross section with chlorophyllose outer epidermal cells and small, thick-walled inner cells), toothed or entire; basal; laminal cells rectangular to quadrate, 15-40 × 7-10 µm, juxtacostal cells shorter; medial and distal laminal cells 10-15(-18) µm; marginal laminal cells with stereid cells 150-200 µm. Peristome absent.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 27: 312, 313 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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