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Hookeria lucens

hookeria moss, shining clear-moss, shining hookeria
Leaves

with obtuse apex;

laminal cells with scattered pairs of smaller cells, one relatively smaller and quadrate, resembling rhizoid initials at apex;

marginal cells width equal to medial cells.
Capsule

strongly contracted below mouth when dry.

Hookeria lucens
Phenology Capsules mature late fall–spring.
Habitat Coastal islands and adjacent mainland, ravines, pools near rivers, swampy lake margins, raised bogs in peaty muck, wet evergreen woods of Alnus, Chamaecyparis, Tsuga, forests of Sequoia sempervirens, coastal Sitka spruce forests, old logs in heathlands
Elevation low to moderate elevations (0-500 m) (low to moderate elevations (0-1600 ft))
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; Europe; w Asia; Atlantic Islands
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Discussion

A. J. E. Smith (2004) reported that in England the capsules of Hookeria lucens mature in late fall to spring; A. J. Grout (1934b) reported that sporulation occurred fall to early winter. Also, in England, 1-seriate chlorophyllous caducous filaments are occasionally produced from small cells in the distal portion of the leaf (Smith), but such were not seen in specimens examined for the flora.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 28, p. 250.
Parent taxa Hookeriaceae > Hookeria
Sibling taxa
H. acutifolia
Synonyms Hypnum lucens
Name authority (Hedwig) Smith: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 9: 275. (1808)
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