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Bolander's claopodium moss

Whipple's claopodium moss

Habit Plants to 6 cm, in thin mats, green to yellow-green. Plants to 4 cm, in mats, dark green to yellowish brown.
Stems

irregularly branched, smooth;

paraphyllia, when present, squamiform.

irregularly 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-lanceolate to lanceolate, to 1 mm;

margins serrate, limbidium absent;

apex gradually tapering to narrow point, hair-point absent;

costa ending before apex, abaxial surface smooth;

distal medial laminal cells linear-rhomboidal, 9–15 µm, 1-papillose.

Seta

1–1.5 cm, rough.

to 1 cm, rough.

Capsule

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

operculum long-rostrate.

horizontal, oblong-oval, 2–3 mm;

operculum broadly conic, short-rostrate.

Spores

12–15 µm, smooth.

9–12 µm, smooth.

Claopodium bolanderi

Claopodium whippleanum

Habitat Rock, soil over rock Exposed soil, soil over rock, logs, tree roots
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
AZ; CA; NV; OR; WA; HI; AB; BC; Mexico (Baja California [Guadalupe Island: Ensenada]); Europe (Portugal)
Source FNA vol. 28, p. 344. FNA vol. 28, p. 343.
Parent taxa Leskeaceae > Claopodium Leskeaceae > Claopodium
Sibling taxa
C. crispifolium, C. pellucinerve, C. whippleanum
C. bolanderi, C. crispifolium, C. pellucinerve
Synonyms Hypnum whippleanum, C. whippleanum var. leuconeuron
Name authority Best: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 431. (1897) (Sullivant) Renauld & Cardot: Rev. Bryol. 20: 16. (1893)
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