Pohlia drummondii

(Müller Hal.) A. L. Andrews in A. J. Grout

in A. J. Grout, Moss Fl. N. Amer. 2: 196. 1935.

Illustrated
Basionym: Bryum drummondii Müller Hal. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 328. 1862 (as drummondi)
Synonyms: Pohlia commutata Lindberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 203. Mentioned on page 195, 200, 204, 205.

Plants medium-sized, dark green to reddish, glossy. Stems 0.5–3.5 cm. Leaves ± spreading, unaltered when dry, lanceolate to ovatelanceolate, 0.9–1.5 mm; margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3; costa subpercurrent; distal medial laminal cells rhombic to rhomboidal, 50–95 µm, walls thin. Specialized asexual reproduction usually present when sterile; axillary gemmae single, bulbiform, cherry red, ± black when dry, leaf primordia at gemma apex and below, laminate, large, flexuose. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves scarcely differentiated, ovatelanceolate. 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, relatively humus-rich soil, alpine tundra, stream banks, path banks
Elevation: low to high elevations

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wyo., Europe

Discussion

Pohlia drummondii has red stems (when moist) with cherry red (when fresh) bulbiform gemmae in the leaf axils. The gemmae look like small branches, with flexuose, laminate leaf primordia, and occur singly or occasionally in pairs in one to five distal leaf axils. The leaves of P. drummondii are carinate and can be similar to those of P. obtusifolia, but are not cucullate, and the plants are dioicous.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Pohlia drummondii"
erect;widespreading +
A. Jonathan Shaw +
(Müller Hal.) A. L. Andrews in A. J. Grout +
black +  and cherry red +
reduced +
brown;reddish +
not +  and decurrent +
Bryum drummondii +
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 +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +  and Europe +
low to high elevations +
dark reddish-brown +, pale-yellow +  and brown +
triangular-acute +
short-rectangular +
Acid, relatively humus-rich soil, alpine tundra, stream banks, path banks +
dioicous +  and sexual +
lanceolate +  and ovatelanceolate +
vegetative +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 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 +
ovatelanceolate +
lateral +  and terminal +
lateral +  and terminal +
diplolepidous-alternate +
Capsules mature summer (Jun–Aug). +
in A. J. Grout, Moss Fl. N. Amer. +
smooth;papillose +
spheric;ovoid +
orangebrown +
straight +
Illustrated +
darker +, hyaline +, tan +  and pale-yellow +
not complanate-foliate +
short to long +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
superficial +
Pohlia commutata +
Pohlia drummondii +
species +
not +  and trabeculate +
papillose +  and pitted +
triangular;lanceolate +
reduced +
multicellular +
spheric;ovoid +
extensive +
collenchymatous +
straight +
specialized +
sinuate +
dark green +  and reddish +