Claopodium crispifolium

(Hooker) Renauld & Cardot

Rev. Bryol. 20: 16. 1893.

Illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum crispifolium Hooker Musci Exot. 1: plate 31. 1818
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 344. Mentioned on page 342.

Plants 4–8 cm, in loose mats, green to yellowish, often appearing brownish. Stems ± pinnate, smooth; paraphyllia absent. Leaves ovate, to 3 mm; margins serrate, limbidium present; apex long-acuminate, hairpoint present; costa ending before apex, abaxial surface smooth; distal medial laminal cells hexagonal or subquadrate, 8–9 µm, 1-papillose. Seta 1–2 cm, rough. Capsule inclined to almost horizontal, oblong, 1.5–3 mm; operculum long-rostrate. Spores 9–12 µm, smooth.


Habitat: Rotten logs, tree bases, soil over rock
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash., e Asia (Japan), e Asia (Russian Far East)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number.

... more about "Claopodium crispifolium"
long-acuminate +
Judith A. Harpel +
(Hooker) Renauld & Cardot +
adherent +  and free +
Hypnum crispifolium +
monopodial +  and branching +
spreading;erect +
flagelliform +
cucullate +
asymmetric-curved +
horizontal;inclined to almost +
long-exserted +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
papillose +  and smooth +
isodiametric;transversely elongate +
not differentiated +
rudimentary +
excurrent +  and percurrent +
straight +
specialized +
autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
sinuate +  and 2-fid +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, e Asia (Japan) +  and e Asia (Russian Far East) +
low to moderate elevations +
cross striate-papillose +
Rotten logs, tree bases, soil over rock +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
long-rostrate +
branched +  and unbranched +
squamiform +  and scale-like +
stoloniferous +
peglike +  and linear +
Rev. Bryol. +
keeled;linear +
curved +  and straight +
elongate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
spreading;erect;incurved +
lanceolate +, ovatelanceolate +, ovate +  and crisped +
unbranched +  and branched +
slender +
differentiated +
Claopodium crispifolium +
Claopodium +
species +
specialized +
dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
brownish +, green +  and yellowish +
small;medium-sized +