Antitrichia curtipendula

(Hedwig) Bridel

Muscol. Recent., suppl. 4: 136. 1818.

Illustrated
Basionym: Neckera curtipendula Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 209. 1801
Synonyms: Antitrichia curtipendula var. gigantea Sullivant & Lesquereux A. gigantea
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 592. Mentioned on page 591, 593.

Plants in mats to deep wefts, widespreading, green, stramineous, or yellowbrown when dry, bright green when moist. Secondary stems 10–20 cm, irregularly pinnate, lateral branches subequal, to 3 cm, sometimes pendent and distally flagelliform, occasionally bearing smaller (less than 5 mm) branchlets. Stem-leaves erectopatent when dry, erect-spreading when moist, broadly ovate to ovatelanceolate; margins serrulate-denticulate in apex; costa 2-fid distally, supplementary costae well developed, usually 2 or 3 on each side of main costa base, length more than 6 cells; laminal cell-walls pitted throughout; medial cells 24–36 × 5–6 µm. Branch leaves similar. Perichaetial leaves short deltoid-apiculate to long gladiate-cuspidate and sheathing, basal laminal cells rectangular, 4–5: 1, walls thin, medial cells flexuous-elongate, to 10: 1. Seta 0.8–1.5 cm. Capsule erect-symmetric, brown to yellowbrown, oblong-ovoid, 4–5 mm. Spores 20–30 µm.


Habitat: Trunks and branches of Acer, Alnus, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, conifers, dead branches, snags, decorticated or decomposing logs, siliceous rock, soil, humus
Elevation: low to high elevations (0-2100 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, B.C., Nfld. and Labr., Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash., Europe, w Asia, montane e Africa, Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands), Atlantic Islands (Faroe Islands), Atlantic Islands (Iceland), Atlantic Islands (Madeira)

Discussion

In California, the distribution of Antitrichia curtipendula is almost identical to that of the coastal redwood. Antitrichia curtipendula occurs in the cedar-hemlock-larch ecozones of northern Idaho and northwest Montana (an area noted for many maritime disjuncts), and in mesic microhabitats along the Salmon and Snake rivers and their tributaries. In British Columbia, A. curtipendula also penetrates much further inland in the Columbia and Fraser watersheds, almost as far east as the Continental Divide. In eastern North America the occurrence of A. curtipendula in Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, has been well documented; its reported occurrences near Lake Superior and in the southern Appalachian Mountains are highly doubtful (H. A. Crum and L. E. Anderson 1981).

Some authors (D. H. Norris and J. R. Shevock 2004) refer all material of Antitrichia curtipendula in western North America, especially along the coast, to A. curtipendula var. gigantea or A. gigantea. Others consider the larger, more massive coastal material an environmental variation. The leaves of this species are loosely imbricate to open-subsecund and more or less plicate.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Antitrichia curtipendula"
flagelliform +, acuminate +  and acute +
smaller +
narrower +
oval-rhombic +
Clayton C. Newberry +
(Hedwig) Bridel +
dioicous +  and sexual +
decurrent;rounded;subcordate +
Neckera curtipendula +
in whorls +  and curved +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1 +  and narrower +
cucullate +
brown +  and yellowbrown +
oblong-ovoid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
quadrate;transversely elongate +
differentiated +
specialized +
subpercurrent +
Greenland +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Europe +, w Asia +, montane e Africa +, Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands) +, Atlantic Islands (Faroe Islands) +, Atlantic Islands (Iceland) +  and Atlantic Islands (Madeira) +
low to high elevations (0-2100 m) +
Trunks and branches of Acer, Alnus, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, conifers, dead branches, snags, decorticated or decomposing logs, siliceous rock, soil, humus +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
deltoid-apiculate +
imbricate +  and crowded +
cordate-ovate +, ovatelanceolate +  and ovate +
serrulate-denticulate +
linear-flexuose +
oblique-rostrate +
sheathing +, deltoid-apiculate +  and long gladiate-cuspidate +
borne on secondary stems or branches +  and axillary +
gemmiform +  and deltoid-apiculate +
Muscol. Recent., suppl. +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
papillose +
short;elongate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
erect-spreading +  and erectopatent +
broadly ovate;ovatelanceolate +
Antitrichia curtipendula var. gigantea +  and A. gigantea +
Antitrichia curtipendula +
Antitrichia +
species +
bright green;yellowbrown;stramineous;yellowbrown;stramineous;green +