Ptilium crista-castrensis
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
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.
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narrow +
subulate;acuminate +
broad +
not decurrent +
circinate-secund +
asymmetric +
falcate-secund +
straight +
pointing +
differentiated +
arising +
naked +
hairy +
cucullate +
redbrown +
contracted +
arcuate +
horizontal +
cylindric +
constricted +
excavate +
quadrate;rectangular +
differentiated +
absent +
absent +
rudimentary +
nodose +
hyaline +
elongate +
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 +
bordered +
cross striate +
papillose +
clustered +
filamentous +
Coniferous forest floors, tundra, peatlands, deciduous forests, especially in boreal regions +
1-stratose +
absent +
Present +
trabeculate +
long-linear +
specialized +
absent +
tapering +
serrulate +
recurved +
plane +
specialized +
apiculate +
long-conic +
lanceolate +
leafy +
asexual +
foliose +
absent +
filamentous +
Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. +
1867 +
proximal +
absent +
keeled +
redbrown +
elongate +
shaded +
Illustrated +
spheric +
squarrose +
ovate +
widest +
pinnate +
falcate-secund +
straight +
hooked +
differentiated +
Ptilium crista-castrensis +
Ptilium +
species +
dense +
large +