Key to Species: 12
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Racomitrium depressum - Conde Creek, Jackson County, Oregon. DHW 9933.
12a Costa extending to and nearly filling leaf tip, unforked, tapering to end; leaf tip acute to obtuse, usually entire; rare, known in Oregon only from Jackson County, otherwise known only from California
Racomitrium depressum Lesq.
Snow Lakes, Klamath Co., Oregon. DHW 8429a.
12b Costa extending to 3/4 of leaf, rarely to 5/6 of leaf, commonly spurred or forked at its end; leaf tip broadly rounded, only occasionally with low teeth; reported in literature from Japan around the north Pacific to Washington and California, discovered only recently in Oregon
Racomitrium molle Cardot
Guide to Racomitrium of Oregon
Created 2007 Northwest Botanical Institute