Sematophyllum marylandicum
Bryologist 5: 66. 1902.
Endemic
Basionym: Hypnum marylandicum Müller Hal. Syn. Musc. Frond. 2: 328. 1851
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 574.
Plants medium-sized to large, green, yellow-green, or golden brown, glossy. Stems 3–5 cm, branches creeping. Leaves erect to erect-spreading, oblong-ovate, tapering gradually to apex, 1.5–2 mm; margins plane; apex sometimes apiculate; alar cells conspicuously enlarged, inflated, yellow to yellow-orange or unpigmented, in several rows, supra-alar cells few, rhomboid; laminal cells flexuose. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta 1–2 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal, 1–1.2 mm.
Phenology: Capsules mature spring.
Habitat: Wet rock, by streams, cliffs
Elevation: low to moderate elevations
Distribution
Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ala., Conn., Ga., Ky., Md., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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