Key Identification Features
- Diagnostic features for identification include its comparatively large overall size (up to 15 cm long), large leaves up to 8 mm, and elongated mid-leaf cells.
- All of these similar mosses are platycarpus, have a single nerve per leaf, and overlap in size, but can be distinguished by differences in leaf shape, cell structure, and growth form.
- Its leaves range from yellow-green to dark green, are broadly ovate, are distinctly recurved at the tip, and have a single costa that extends to the middle of the leaf.
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