Pohlia wahlenbergii |
Pohlia pacifica |
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pale nodding-cap moss, pale pohlia, Wahlenberg's pohlia moss |
Pacific pohlia moss |
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Habit | Plants small to very large, whitish or sometimes in large forms reddish, dull. | Plants small, green, very glossy. |
Stems | 0.8–10 cm. |
0.3–1 cm. |
Leaves | laxly spreading to more stiffly erect, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.6–1.2 mm; margins weakly to strongly serrulate in distal 1/3; costa ending well before apex; distal medial laminal cells laxly and broadly hexagonal to rhomboidal, 65–110 µm, walls thin. |
erect to ± spreading, lanceolate, 0.9–1.8 mm; base not or scarcely decurrent; margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3, coarsely serrate at apex; costa subpercurrent; distal medial laminal cells linear-vermicular, 110–145 µm, walls thin. |
Seta | orange-brown. |
orange-brown. |
Sexual condition | dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated, lanceolate. |
dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves differentiated, linear-lanceolate. |
Capsule | inclined ± 180°, brown to red-brown, sometimes stramineous, short-pyriform to urceolate, neck less than 1/3 urn length; exothecial cells isodiametric, walls sinuate; stomata immersed; annulus absent; operculum short- to long-conic; exostome teeth light brown to red-brown, triangular-acute; endostome hyaline to yellow, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length or slightly longer, segments tapered apically, distinctly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia long, nodulose. |
inclined 120–180°, brown to stramineous, pyriform, neck 1/3 urn length; exothecial cells short-rectangular, walls sinuate; stomata superficial; annulus present; operculum convex-conic; exostome teeth yellow-brown, narrowly triangular-acute; endostome hyaline, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length, segments tapered apically, distinctly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia short to rudimentary. |
Spores | 15–21 µm, finely roughened. |
15–21 µm, finely roughened. |
Specialized | asexual reproduction absent. |
asexual reproduction absent. |
Pohlia wahlenbergii |
Pohlia pacifica |
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Phenology | Capsules mature spring (Apr–Jun). | Capsules mature spring (Apr–Jun). |
Habitat | Disturbed clay or rarely sandy soil, path banks, along streams | Acid clay or sandy soil in disturbed places, stream banks, ditches |
Elevation | low to high elevations | low elevations |
Distribution |
AK; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; IA; ID; IL; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SD; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; YT; Mexico; Central America; South America; Greenland; Eurasia; Antarctica
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CA; OR; UT; WA; BC |
Discussion | Pohlia wahlenbergii is one of the most geographically widespread and common species of the genus. The leaves are pale whitish, decurrent, and have lax, thin-walled cells. The species varies greatly in size from very slender delicate plants in suboptimal habitats to large and deep cushions in cold high altitude and latitude sites. Large plants of P. wahlenbergii typically have red stems and sometimes reddish pigmentation to the leaves as well. Some authors refer large expressions to var. glaciale (or P. glaciale), but gradation in size and pigmentation is completely continuous, and different collectors draw the line between the typical variety and var. glaciale at different points. The exothecial cell walls in capsules of this species are somewhat collenchymatous. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Pohlia pacifica is similar to P. lescuriana, but is distinguished by its glossy leaves and longer laminal cells. The perichaetial leaves of P. pacifica are up to 3.2 mm long. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 28, p. 212. | FNA vol. 28, p. 203. |
Parent taxa | Mielichhoferiaceae > Pohlia | Mielichhoferiaceae > Pohlia |
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Synonyms | Hypnum wahlenbergii, Mniobryum wahlenbergii | |
Name authority | (F. Weber & D. Mohr) A. L. Andrews: in A. J. Grout, Moss Fl. N. Amer. 2. 203. (1935) | A. J. Shaw: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 15: 268, fig. 25. (1982) |
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