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Dicranoweisia cirrata

curly thatch-moss, dicranoweisia moss
Leaves

crisped and incurved when dry, margins plane to narrowly incurved or recurved at middle, 1-stratose except on margins in distal half, cells smooth;

alar cells undifferentiated.
Capsule

with annulus of 1–3 rows of somewhat separating cells;

peristome smooth basally, papillose distally.
Specialized

asexual reproduction frequent, multicellular gemmae frequent on abaxial surface of leaves.

Dicranoweisia cirrata
Phenology Capsules mature late fall–winter.
Habitat Forming short turf or tufts on tree trunks and decorticated logs, rarely in rock crevices
Elevation 1-1900 m (0-6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; AZ; CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC; Asia; n Africa
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Source FNA vol. 27, p. 396.
Parent taxa Dicranaceae > Dicranoweisia
Sibling taxa
D. crispula
Synonyms Weissia cirrata
Name authority (Hedwig) Lindberg: in C. Milde, Bryol. Siles., 49. (1869)
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