Orthotrichum ohioense |
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Ohio orthotrichum moss |
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Habit | Plants 0.4–1.4 cm. |
Stem | leaves stiff, loosely erect-appressed when dry, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1.4–2.9 mm; margins strongly revolute to just before apex, entire; apex obtuse to bluntly acute, not incurved when dry; basal laminal cells subquadrate to short-rectangular, walls thin, not nodose; distal cells 8–10 µm, 1-stratose, lumina irregular due to uneven wall thickenings, papillae 1–2 per cell, conic, low. |
Seta | to 1 mm. |
Sexual condition | gonioautoicous. |
Capsule | emergent, oblong to ovate, 1–1.5 mm, 8-ribbed almost to base, ribs thin, delicate, not constricted below mouth; stomata immersed, mid capsule, 1/2 to completely covered by subsidiary cells, cells projecting vertically over stomata, inner walls thickened; peristome double; prostome absent; exostome teeth 8, splitting to 16 with age, reflexed, finely and densely papillose; endostome often absent, or segments 8, well developed, of 1 row of cells, smooth. |
Calyptra | oblong, smooth, naked or slightly hairy, hairs smooth. |
Spores | 15–19 µm. |
Specialized | asexual reproduction absent. |
Vaginula | with hairs absent. |
Orthotrichum ohioense |
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Habitat | Deciduous trees in mesic hardwood forests, along streams |
Elevation | low to moderate elevations (100-1000 m) (low to moderate elevations (300-3300 ft)) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC
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Discussion | Orthotrichum ohioense is distinguished by the 16 exostome teeth, eight rudimentary endostome segments, slightly 8-ribbed ovate capsules, leaves that are lanceolate and bluntly acute at the apices, and laminal cells smaller than 10 µm. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 28, p. 60. |
Parent taxa | Orthotrichaceae > Orthotrichum |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | O. citrinum, O. ohioense var. citrinum |
Name authority | Sullivant & Lesquereux: in C. F. Austin, Musci Appalach., 169. (1870) |
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