Huperzia haleakalae

(Brackenridge) Holub

Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 73. 1985.

Common names: Alpine fir-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium haleakalae Brackenridge in Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped. 16: 321. 1854
Synonyms: Lycopodium selago var. haleakalae (Brackenridge) Warburg Urostachys haleakalae (Brackenridge) Herter ex Nessel
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Shoots erect, indeterminate, 8–11 cm, short to long-decumbent, 3–8 cm; leaves in mature portion smaller than in juvenile portion; annual constrictions absent; juvenile growth erect. Leaves spreading-ascending to appressed, yellow-green to yellowbrown, greener at stem tip (top 1 cm), lustrous (as if covered with clear yellow varnish); leaves in juvenile portion lanceolate, 4.5–6 (–7) mm, apex acute; leaves in mature portion ovate, 3–4 mm, apex acute; margins entire, with scattered papillae; stomates present on both surfaces, numerous (38–84 per 1/2 leaf) on adaxial surface. Gemmiferous branchlets produced throughout mature portion of shoot; gemmae 3–4 × 3.5 mm, lateral leaves 1.5–2 mm wide, broadly acute to obtuse. Spores 31–41 µm.


Habitat: Terrestrial in exposed, moist meadows and mossy heaths in alpine and subalpine zones
Elevation: (160–)1300–1700(–3600) m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Mont., Wash., Wyo., Asia in Siberia, Pacific Islands (Hawaii)

Discussion

Huperzia haleakalae has been found in Hawaii in Haleakala Crater, on Maui, at 2300 meters, but it is extremely rare or possibly extinct there.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Huperzia haleakalae"
acute;acute +
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Brackenridge) Holub +
Lycopodium haleakalae +
Alpine fir-moss +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Mont. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Asia in Siberia +  and Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +
(160–)1300–1700(–3600) m +
linear;elliptic +
photosynthetic +
articulate +  and gemmiferous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (?) +
according-to-seasonal +
Terrestrial in exposed, moist meadows and mossy heaths in alpine and subalpine zones +
broadly acute +  and obtuse +
1.5mm +  and 2mm +
pseudomonopodial +, dichotomous +, branching +, branched +  and simple +
flat +  and round +
monomorphic +
not imbricate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
greener;yellow-green;yellowbrown +
remote;dense +
mature +  and juvenile +
spreading-ascending;appressed +
flattened +, lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
reduced +  and mostly larger +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
mature +  and juvenile +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
Folia Geobot. Phytotax. +
distinct +
emerging +
indeterminate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
clustered +  and decumbent +
concave +
plectostelic +  and actino +
axillary +  and adaxial +
protostelic +
subterranean +
stalked +  and sessile +
modified +  and unmodified +
photosynthetic +
small-grooved +
subterranean +
reticulate +, rugulate +  and pitted +
Lycopodium selago var. haleakalae +  and Urostachys haleakalae +
Huperzia haleakalae +
Huperzia +
species +
on rock +  and terrestrial +
erect +  and decumbent +