Pohlia annotina

(Hedwig) Lindberg

Musc. Scand., 17. 1879.

Illustrated
Basionym: Bryum annotinum Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 183, plate 43. 1801
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 206. Mentioned on page 194, 204, 208.

Plants small, green, dull. Stems 0.3–3 cm. Leaves ± erect, lanceolate, 0.6–1.1 mm; margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3; costa subpercurrent; distal medial laminal cells rhombic to rhomboidal, 60–95 µm, walls thin. Specialized asexual reproduction usually present when sterile; axillary gemmae in dense clusters, rarely few or single on older stems, oblong, obconic, or rarely oblong-bulbiform, hyaline to pale green, rarely reddish, leaf primordia 2–5, conspicuous, restricted to apex, peglike or rarely ± laminate with age. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated, narrowly lanceolate. Seta orangebrown. Capsule inclined 95–180°, brown to stramineous, pyriform, neck 1/3 urn length; exothecial cells short-rectangular, walls sinuate; stomata superficial; annulus present; operculum convex-conic; exostome teeth yellowbrown, narrowly triangular-acute; endostome hyaline, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length, segments distinctly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia short to rudimentary. Spores 16–21 µm, finely roughened.


Phenology: Capsules mature summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Acid, gravelly or sandy disturbed soil, path banks, stream banks
Elevation: low to high elevations

Distribution

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B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Alaska, Ark., Calif., Del., Ga., Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Europe

Discussion

Pohlia annotina is the most widespread and common gemmiferous species in eastern North America and along the Pacific coast. The plants are slender and rather dull with green to orange-green stems, and the leaves are somewhat contorted when dry. The axillary gemmae are borne in clusters and are obconic to linear-obconic, with two to five apical, peglike leaf primordia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"keeled" is not a number."narrow" is not a number.

... more about "Pohlia annotina"
erect;widespreading +
A. Jonathan Shaw +
(Hedwig) Lindberg +
reddish +, hyaline +  and pale green +
single +  and few +
oblong-bulbiform +, obconic +  and oblong +
reduced +
brown;reddish +
not +  and decurrent +
Bryum annotinum +
cucullate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
brown;stramineous +
long-exserted +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
rudimentary +
not +  and nodulose +
short-excurrent +  and percurrent +
subpercurrent +
linear-rhomboidal +, rhombic +  and elongate-hexagonal +
B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Iowa +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Europe +
low to high elevations +
dark reddish-brown +, pale-yellow +  and brown +
triangular-acute +
short-rectangular +
Acid, gravelly or sandy disturbed soil, path banks, stream banks +
laminate +  and peglike +
dioicous +  and sexual +
lanceolate +
vegetative +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
not differentiated +
entire;finely serrate;serrulate +
serrulate to serrate +
slightly narrower and longer +
undifferentiated +
autoicous +, paroicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
short-rectangular +  and quadrate +
1+ times urn length +
differentiated +
convex-conic +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
diplolepidous-alternate +
Capsules mature summer (Jun–Aug). +
Musc. Scand., +
smooth;papillose +
spheric;ovoid +
orangebrown +
straight +
Illustrated +
darker +, hyaline +, tan +  and pale-yellow +
not complanate-foliate +
short to long +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
superficial +
Pohlia annotina +
species +
not +  and trabeculate +
papillose +  and pitted +
triangular;lanceolate +
reduced +
multicellular +
spheric;ovoid +
extensive +
collenchymatous +
straight +
specialized +
sinuate +