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|accepted_name=Grimmia sessitana
|accepted_authority=De Notaris
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Atti Reale Univ. Genova
|place=1: 704. 1869,
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grimmia subpapillinervis
|authority=Kindberg
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|name=Grimmia tenerrima
|authority=Renauld & Cardot
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|hierarchy=Grimmiaceae;Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae;Grimmia;Grimmia subg. Guembelia;Grimmia sessitana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Grimmiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Grimmia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Grimmia subg. Guembelia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Grimmia sessitana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 228, 229, 230, 234, 236, 238
|treatment_page=page 237
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in dense patches, dark green, brown-green, sometimes almost black. <b>Stems</b> 0.5–1 cm, central strand strong. <b>Leaves</b> lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.8 × 0.2–0.6 mm, keeled, not plicate, one margin commonly recurved, sometimes both plane, awn 0.3–0.8 mm, costal transverse section prominent, semicircular; basal juxtacostal laminal cells rectangular to elongate, straight, thin-walled; basal marginal laminal cells short- to long-rectangular, straight, thick transverse and thin lateral walls, hyaline or not; medial laminal cells quadrate, sinuose, thick-walled; distal laminal cells 1-stratose, often bulging, marginal cells widely 2-stratose, often bulging. <b>Sexual</b> condition cladautoicous, perichaetial leaves not enlarged. <b>Seta</b> straight, 1–2.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> usually present, exserted, yellow, ovoid to elliptic, exothecial cells short-rectangular, thin-walled, stomata present, annulus of 1 row of quadrate, thick-walled cells, operculum conic, usually with a short obtuse beak, peristome present, fully-developed, split or solid in distal half.</span><!--

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|habitat=Exposed or sheltered, moist, acidic granite and sandstone, alpine
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (1100-3900 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;South America (Argentina;Chile);Eurasia;Africa (Kenya;South Africa;Uganda);Antarctic.
|discussion=<p><i>Grimmia sessitana</i> is widely distributed in high elevation sites throughout western North America, principally in mountains forming the continental divide, but also in the northern Sierra <i>Nevada</i> and the coastal range of Oregon and Washington. It is rare in eastern North America, but occurs in the northern Appalachians of the United States, on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, and in Labrador. This is the least xerophilous member of the group; specimens have been collected in runoff zones from late-lying snow patches in the alpine. It is very rare in the dry interior mountains of the American Southwest. <i>Grimmia sessitana</i> is gametophytically variable and often difficult to identify with certainty. The presence of stomata and the autoicous condition separate this species from both <i>G. montana</i> and <i>G. alpestris</i>, which are the most common misidentifications. Confirming the presence or absence of stomata requires careful dissection of the capsule, including the neck, as the stomata are often just distal to the attachment of the seta. Sexuality can be difficult to determine, as <i>G. sessitana</i> is cladautoicous. If one leaf margin is recurved this will confirm the identification. However, some specimens may have plane margins. The presence of bulging-mammillose cells should separate <i>G. sessitana</i> from <i>G. montana</i>, but a significant number of specimens of <i>G. sessitana</i> have only weakly bulging laminal cells. Thus, specimens with capsules and antheridia are usually identifiable, while sterile specimens may be problematic. The other species that is often confused with <i>G. sessitana</i> is <i>G. donniana</i>. Both species have capsules with stomata and are autoicous. However, <i>G. donniana</i> very consistently has leaves with plane margins, uniform basal areolation with hyaline, narrowly rectangular thin-walled cells, and laminal cells that do not bulge. <i>Grimmia sessitana</i> appeared in H. A. Crum and L. E. Anderson’s (1981) flora of eastern North America as G. tenerrima. E. Lawton (1971), who accepted autiocous specimens in the concept of <i>G. alpestris</i>, excluded <i>G. sessitana</i> from the flora of the Pacific Northwest. J. Muñoz (1998b) put <i>G. sessitana</i> in synonymy with <i>G. reflexidens</i> but this is not correct.</p>
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name=Grimmia sessitana
|author=
|authority=De Notaris
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Grimmia subpapillinervis;Grimmia tenerrima
|basionyms=
|family=Grimmiaceae
|habitat=Exposed or sheltered, moist, acidic granite and sandstone, alpine
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (1100-3900 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;South America (Argentina;Chile);Eurasia;Africa (Kenya;South Africa;Uganda);Antarctic.
|reference=None
|publication title=Atti Reale Univ. Genova
|publication year=
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|subfamily=Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae
|genus=Grimmia
|subgenus=Grimmia subg. Guembelia
|species=Grimmia sessitana
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