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Distichium capillaceum

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Name

Identification
Distichium capillaceum (Müll.Hal.) Herzog [family DITRICHACEAE ] (stored under name); Distichium strictifolium Müll.Hal. [family DITRICHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Distichium trachyphyllum
  • Didymodon cirrhifolius
  • Distichium strictifolium
  • Distichium brevifolium
  • Ditrichum gemmiferum
  • Ditrichum austroshetlandicum
  • Distichium capillaceum

Flora

Entry for Distichium capillaceum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper [family ]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 27,
Names
Distichium capillaceum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper [family ], Bryol. Europ., 2: 156. 1846,
Cynontodium capillaceum Hedwig [family ], Sp. Musc. Frond., 57. 1801
Treatment Author(s)
Rodney D. Seppelt
Information
Stems to ca. 6 cm, occasionally longer. Sexual condition paro-icous. Seta to 2 cm, straight to somewhat flexuose, smooth, red or reddish brown, occasionally yellowish brown. Capsule brown, 1–2 mm, erect, cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, straight to weakly arcuate, becoming ± wrinkled when dry; operculum to 0.5 mm; peristome teeth evenly spaced, lanceolate, divided nearly to the base into 2(–3) filaments, smooth to papillose or sometimes ± striolate. Spores densely and finely papillose, 15-25 µm.
Phenology
Capsules mature summer–fall.
Distribution
GreenlandMexicoCentral AmericaSouth AmericaEurasiancese AsiaAfricaAustraliaArcticAntarctic.USA AlaskaUSA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA IdahoUSA Ind.USA IowaUSA MaineUSA Mich.USA Mont.USA Nev.USA N.H.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.Dak.USA Oreg.USA S.Dak.USA UtahUSA Vt.USA Wash.USA Wis.USA Wyo.USA Pacific IslandsCanada AltaCanada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada NunavutCanada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Plants of Distichium capillaceum form dense, rather silky tufts and the slender, spreading, distichous leaves with shiny, whitish, oblong, sheathing bases are characteristic. This is a taller species than D. inclinatum, with plants less crowded, capsules erect-symmetrical and cylindric, and spores smaller. In more northerly or alpine regions with more severe climatic conditions, the plants are often shorter, more compact, and have shorter leaves.

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