Cynodontium strumiferum

(Hedwig) Lindberg

Övers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 21: 230. 1864,.

Basionym: Fissidens strumifer Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 160. 1801
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 382.

Stems to 2.5 cm. Leaves 2–4(–5) mm, linear-lanceolate, tapering to a fine point; distal leaf margins broadly recurved in the proximal half; distal lamina cells more or less scattered mammillose-papillose but smooth at leaf margins, distal and medial cells 10–14 µm. Perigonium sessile. Seta (0.6–)0.9–1.3 cm, straight wet or dry. Capsule curved, zygomorphic, strumose; annulus of large, deciduous cells.


Phenology: Capsules mature summer.
Habitat: Shady, acid rock, soil over rock
Elevation: moderate to high elevations

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., Wis., Eurasia, Atlantic Islands (Iceland).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Patricia M. Eckel +
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Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Wis. +, Eurasia +  and Atlantic Islands (Iceland). +
moderate to high elevations +
Shady, acid rock, soil over rock +
Capsules mature summer. +
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Cnestrum +
Cynodontium strumiferum +
Cynodontium +
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