Bryophytes and Lichens of the Pacific Northwest

Cephaloziella turneri (Hook.) K. Müll.

       A spiny-leafed Cephaloziella, .2 ~ .3 mm in diameter,
        without underleaves, growing on thin soil over rock,
        within a few kilometers of the Oregon coast.

  Single plant with early archegoniate branch
    Leaves X 200Leaf  X400
 
 

This plant was growing on thin soil over rock (not in Sphagnum) on a prominent hill within a few kilometers of the Oregon coast.

It fits the description of C. turneri, but decidedly smaller than the norm.

Other Cephaloziella species will be treated here in the future.
 
 

Copyright © 1999 Steven L. Jessup, Southern Oregon University