Pleurozium schreberi (willd. ex Brid.) Mitt.

Schreber's big red stem moss (en), Hypne de schreber (fr)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Hylocomiaceae > Pleurozium

Characteristics

Plants to 16 cm. Stems reddish, distinctly visible through wet leaves. Stem leaves moderately concave, 0.8-1.5 mm wide; apex often recurved; alar cells few, orange-brown, quadrate to oblong, slightly enlarged, 18-40 × 12-28 µm; medial laminal cells 50-100 × 6-9 µm; apical cells obviously shorter. Branch leaves concave, 0.8-1.9 × 0.3-0.8 mm. Seta 1.5-4.3 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 mm.
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Images

Pleurozium schreberi unspecified picture

Distribution

Pleurozium schreberi world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35124816
WFO ID wfo-0001160195
COL ID 6VRJ5
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INPN ID 6101
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Synonyms

Acrocladium morenoi Hypnum curlandicum Hypnum muticum Pleurozium schreberi Hypnum sebillei

Lower taxons

Pleurozium schreberi var. tananae