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Entodon cladorrhizans

entodon moss, flat glaze moss
Habit Plants in dense mats, bright to yellow-green, sometimes tinged golden brown.
Stems

to 6 cm, subpinnate, branches complanate-foliate.
Leaves

erect to erect-spreading, broadly oblong-ovate, 2 mm (branch leaves 1.5–1.8 mm);

margins plane, entire proximally, serrulate and often notched distally;

apex gradually acute;

costa double, short;

alar region ± abruptly differentiated, 1-stratose, not reaching costa.
Seta

reddish, 0.7–2 cm.
Sexual condition

autoicous.
Capsule

cylindric, 2–3 mm;

annulus 1–3-seriate, deciduous;

operculum long-conic to bluntly obliquely rostrate;

exostome teeth reddish, external surface coarsely papillose proximally, finely papillose apically, often perforate;

endostome segments smooth to slightly roughened.
Spores

13–20 µm.

Entodon cladorrhizans
Habitat Rotten wood, bark at base of trees, soil, humus, rock in dry, deciduous forests
Elevation low to moderate elevations
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DC; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; AB; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; QC
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Discussion

Entodon cladorrhizans is best recognized by its mostly complanate-foliate branches, reddish setae, well-developed annulus, and papillose exostome teeth. The species has been confused with E. schleicheri in the western part of its range, but can be distinguished by its broader, more gradually tapering leaves with an apical cell about 2:1 (as well as sporophytic differences).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 28, p. 505.
Parent taxa Entodontaceae > Entodon
Sibling taxa
E. beyrichii, E. brevisetus, E. challengeri, E. concinnus, E. hampeanus, E. macropodus, E. schleicheri, E. seductrix, E. sullivantii
Synonyms Neckera cladorrhizans
Name authority (Hedwig) Müller Hal.: Linnaea 18: 707. (1845)
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