Bucklandiella macounii subsp. alpina

(E. Lawton) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra in R. Ochyra et al.

in R. Ochyra et al., Cens. Cat. Polish Mosses, 146. 2003,.

Basionym: Racomitrium sudeticum Moss Fl. Pacif. N.W., 147, plate 77, figs. 5–8. 1971
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 283. Mentioned on page 282.

Plants less robust, more reddish-brown or reddish green, lustrous. Leaves straight, erect-imbricate, not contorted, (1.5–) 2.4–3 (–3.2) × (0.3–) 0.5–0.7 mm; awns often reddish or yellowish hyaline, to 0.2 mm, moderately spinulose, recurved when dry; costa 60–85 µm wide near the base, 40–65 µm wide distally; basal marginal border consisting of about 20 short, transparent, not or moderately sinuose cells; medial and distal laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 7–23 × 8–9 µm, smooth or moderately pseudopapillose. Capsule ovoid, 1–1.75 × 0.5–0.7 mm; peristome teeth to 380–450 µm.


Habitat: Hydrophilous, acidic or slightly calciferous rocks and stones along mountain rivers and streams, sloping rocks with trickling water and stony ground in late snow patches
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (700-2300 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, B.C., Alaska, Colo., Mont., Oreg., Wash., Europe, e Asia (Japan), Atlantic Islands (Iceland)

Discussion

Subspecies alpina has a distribution in the Pacific Northwest similar to that of the type subspecies, although its geographical range extends to the Aleutian Islands. This subspecies shares most structural characters of subsp. macounii but it is generally a less robust plant, with narrower costae, longer awns, distal laminal cells, and peristome teeth, and shorter capsules. It differs largely in the overall appearance of the plants, which are usually distinctly glistening and more reddish, and the leaves are not crispate.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. "/3" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

sometimes +  and short-hyaline-tipped +
hyaline +  and yellowish hyaline +
papillose +
piliferous +, muticous +  and tapering +
Ryszard Ochyra +  and Halina Bednarek-Ochyra +
(E. Lawton) Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra in R. Ochyra et al. +
yellowish hyaline +  and reddish +
flexuose +
both +  and papillose +
not decurrent +  and terete +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
nodulose;oblate;quadrate;elongate +
thick-walled +  and nodulose-porose +
rectangular;linear +
divided +
40um +  and 65um +
Racomitrium sudeticum +
undifferentiated +
0 +  and 1/2 +
4-5-lobed +
small;large +
sulcate +  and smooth +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.175 cm1.75 mm <br />0.00175 m <br />) +
striate +  and smooth +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
transparent +
undifferentiated +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
(2-)3-4-stratose;3-4-stratose;(3-)4(-5)-stratose;percurrent +
subpercurrent +
papillose +  and smooth +
rounded +  and elliptical +
60um +  and 85um +
Greenland +, B.C. +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Europe +, e Asia (Japan) +  and Atlantic Islands (Iceland) +
moderate to high elevations (700-2300 m) +
sinuose-nodulose +
subquadrate +  and oblong +
Hydrophilous, acidic or slightly calciferous rocks and stones along mountain rivers and streams, sloping rocks with trickling water and stony ground in late snow patches +
papillose +  and smooth +
erect-imbricate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
thick-walled +  and sinuose +
dioicous +  and sexual +
straight +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
erect-patent +  and spreading +
lanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
2-stratose;2(-4)-stratose +
extensive +
pseudopapillose +  and smooth +
indistinct +
convex-conical;shortly rostrate +
not +  and differentiated +
lanceolate;linear +
orangebrown +  and reddish +
papillose +  and spiculate +
attenuate +
1 +  and 3 +
terete +  and filiform +
in R. Ochyra et al., Cens. Cat. Polish Mosses, +
arcuate +  and straight +
papillose +  and smooth +
short to long +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0 +  and 1/2-3/4 +
undivided +  and perforated +
ornamented +  and smooth +
spheric +
branched +  and simple +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
creeping +  and decumbent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
ascending +  and erect or prostrate +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Racomitrium heterostichum var. macounii +  and Racomitrium robustifolium +
Bucklandiella macounii subsp. alpina +
Bucklandiella macounii +
subspecies +
compact +  and loose +
flexuose +  and straight +
sinuose-nodulose +
reddish green;reddish-brown +