Ptilium crista-castrensis

(Hedwig) De Notaris

Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 2: 283. 1867.

Illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum crista-castrensis Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 287, plate 76, figs. 1–4. 1801
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 563.

Plants dark green in deeply shaded sites, orange-golden to rusty in exposed sites. Stems 3–10 cm, usually hooked at apices, branches 0.3–1.5 cm, arising at right angles, hooked at apices or attenuate; rhizoids usually absent. Leaves tapering to apex, 2–3 mm. Seta 2–3 cm. Capsule redbrown, 1.5–2 mm; operculum apiculate. Spores 12–16 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature fall.
Habitat: Coniferous forest floors, tundra, peatlands, deciduous forests, especially in boreal regions
Elevation: low to high elevations (0-2000 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Conn., Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Europe, Asia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number.

... more about "Ptilium crista-castrensis"
subulate;acuminate +
Wilfred B. Schofield† +
(Hedwig) De Notaris +
not decurrent +
Hypnum crista-castrensis +
circinate-secund +
tapering +  and oblong-lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
attenuate +  and hooked +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cucullate +
cylindric +
constricted +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
similar +  and pigmented +
quadrate;rectangular +
enlarged +
differentiated +
rudimentary +
ecostate +  and obscure +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Iowa +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, Europe +  and Asia +
low to high elevations (0-2000 m) +
fused +  and free +
papillose +  and striolate +
filamentous +
Coniferous forest floors, tundra, peatlands, deciduous forests, especially in boreal regions +
dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
tapering +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
dioicous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
long-conic +
Capsules mature fall. +
Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. +
papillose +  and smooth +
elongate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
spheric +
branched +, julaceous +  and complanate-foliate +
falcate-secund +
straight +
suberect +  and ascending +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
differentiated +
Ptilium crista-castrensis +
species +
orange-golden +  and rusty +