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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Scouleria
|accepted_authority=Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Misc.
|place=1: 33. 1829,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grimmia sect. Scouleria
|authority=(Hooker) Müller Hal.
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grimmia subg. Scouleria
|authority=(Hooker) Lesquereux & James
}}
|hierarchy=Scouleriaceae;Scouleria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scouleriaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scouleria]]</div></div>
|etymology=For John Scouler, 1804–1871, physician, botanical collector, and naturalist
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 312
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>clustered in loose to compact tufts, black or brown with age. <b>Stems</b> ca. 4–10 cm, central strand absent; rhizoids forming a “hold-fast,” occasionally extending from stem and abaxial surface of leaves. <b>Leaves</b> erect to patent when dry, when present pseudocosta marginal [submarginal]; apex often cucullate. <b>Outer</b> perichaetial leaves one-third shorter than inner leaves. <b>Vaginula</b> forming a sheath around proximal third or fourth of seta. <b>Seta</b> 1/3–1/2 capsule length. <b>Capsule</b> glossy black with age, columella when dry appearing longitudinally ribbed, when wet expanding, becoming stoutly cylindrical or ovoid. <b>Spores</b> 30–55 µm.</span><!--

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|distribution=nw North America;temperate South America;n Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Scouleria patagonica) is the only taxon found in South America.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margin 1-stratose or partially (rarely fully) 2-stratose; peristome present.
|[[Scouleria aquatica|Scouleria aquatica]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margin multistratose; peristome absent.
|[[Scouleria marginata|Scouleria marginata]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Scouleria
|author=
|authority=Hooker
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Grimmia sect. Scouleria;Grimmia subg. Scouleria
|basionyms=
|family=Scouleriaceae
|distribution=nw North America;temperate South America;n Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Misc.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_426.xml
|genus=Scouleria
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