Scorpidium revolvens |
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limprichtia moss, rusty hook-moss, rusty scorpion moss |
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Habit | Plants medium-sized to large (sometimes when submerged), not turgid, green, red, purplish red, dark brownish red, or blackish red. |
Stem(s) | leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, gradually or sometimes abruptly narrowed to apex, ± suddenly curved distally, concave, 0.5–1 mm wide; apex acuminate or long-acuminate, sometimes apiculate; costa single, ending beyond mid leaf; alar cells 2–10; medial laminal cells (shorter 1/2 of leaf) 61–140(–179) µm, cell ends short or long fusiform-narrowed, rarely rounded to almost square. |
Sexual condition | autoicous. |
Capsule | with exostome external surface more than 40–50% cross striolate basally. |
Scorpidium revolvens |
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Habitat | Mountains, intermediately mineral-rich and often spring-influenced fens, small periodically water-filled depressions, shores, submerged |
Elevation | low to high elevations (0-3100 m) (low to high elevations (0-10200 ft)) |
Distribution |
AK; CO; ID; MI; MN; MT; OH; VT; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; SPM; South America; Pacific Islands (New Zealand, Papua New Guinea); Greenland; s Africa; Eurasia; Antarctica
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Discussion | Scorpidium revolvens often has been confused with 2. S. cossonii; the differences between these species are discussed under the latter. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 28, p. 388. |
Parent taxa | Calliergonaceae > Scorpidium |
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Synonyms | Hypnum revolvens, Drepanocladus revolvens, D. revolvens var. miquelonensis, Limprichtia revolvens |
Name authority | (Swartz) Rubers: in A. Touw and W. V. Rubers, Nederl. Bladmoss., 380. (1989) |
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