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Bolander's claopodium moss

claopodium moss, crisp-leaf rough moss, rough-moss

Habit Plants to 6 cm, in thin mats, green to yellow-green. Plants 4–8 cm, in loose mats, green to yellowish, often appearing brownish.
Stems

irregularly branched, smooth;

paraphyllia, when present, squamiform.

± pinnate, smooth;

paraphyllia absent.

Leaves

ovate, to 1.6 mm;

margins serrate, limbidium indistinctly present;

apex long, narrow, hair-point present;

costa ending before apex, abaxial surface smooth;

distal medial laminal cells short, isodiametric, 6–8 µm, multipapillose.

ovate, to 3 mm;

margins serrate, limbidium present;

apex long-acuminate, hair-point present;

costa ending before apex, abaxial surface smooth;

distal medial laminal cells hexagonal or subquadrate, 8–9 µm, 1-papillose.

Seta

1–1.5 cm, rough.

1–2 cm, rough.

Capsule

inclined to horizontal, broadly oval to suborbicular, 1.2–1.8 mm;

operculum long-rostrate.

inclined to almost horizontal, oblong, 1.5–3 mm;

operculum long-rostrate.

Spores

12–15 µm, smooth.

9–12 µm, smooth.

Claopodium bolanderi

Claopodium crispifolium

Habitat Rock, soil over rock Rotten logs, tree bases, soil over rock
Elevation moderate to high elevations low to moderate elevations
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; AB; BC; e Asia (Russia [Commander Islands])
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from FNA
AK; CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; AB; BC; e Asia (Japan, Russian Far East)
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Source FNA vol. 28, p. 344. FNA vol. 28, p. 344.
Parent taxa Leskeaceae > Claopodium Leskeaceae > Claopodium
Sibling taxa
C. crispifolium, C. pellucinerve, C. whippleanum
C. bolanderi, C. pellucinerve, C. whippleanum
Synonyms Hypnum crispifolium
Name authority Best: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 431. (1897) (Hooker) Renauld & Cardot: Rev. Bryol. 20: 16. (1893)
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