Syntrichia montana

Nees

Flora 2: 301. 1819,.

Synonyms: Syntrichia intermedia Bridel Tortula intermedia (Bridel) De Notaris Tortula ruralis var. crinita De Notaris
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 624. Mentioned on page 619.

Stems 2–10 mm. Leaves infolded and twisted when dry, erect-spreading when moist, lingulate or spatulate, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 mm; margins revolute in the proximal 1/2, entire; apices broadly acute or obtuse, sometimes emarginate; costa excurrent into a short, serrate, hyaline awn, brown or red, often papillose abaxially and serrulate near the apex because of projecting cell ends; basal-cells abruptly differentiated, narrower toward the margins; distal cells polygonal or quadrate, 8–12 µm, with 4–6 papillae per cell. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta red, 8–14 mm. Capsule red, 2–3.5 mm, straight or slightly curved; operculum 1.2–2 mm, red; peristome 0.5–1.3 mm, the basal membrane to 1/2 the total length, red. Spores 10–13 µm, papillose.


Habitat: Widespread on soil and rock, occasionally on tree bark
Elevation: moderate to high elevations

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Maine, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., Oreg., Wash., Europe, Asia

Discussion

This treatment follows M. T. Gallego et al. (2006) in employing Syntrichia montana to encompass what has been called S. intermedia or S. ruralis var. crinita in North America. This is, however, a tentative decision as there remains an incompletely understood complex of small, dioicous plants with hydroids in the costa, and some currently undescribed taxa may yet need to be recognized. One recently described species that falls in this complex is S. rupicola B. H. Allen. Further field sampling, molecular characterization, and culture studies are necessary before these taxa are fully understood.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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elongate +  and quadrate +
of 1-2 rows +  and differentiated +
long-excurrent +  and short-excurrent +
obtuse +  and acute +
Brent D. Mishler +
reniform +  and rounded +
rectangular +
papillose +  and smooth +
usually slightly wider +
usually ovate;oblong +
obovoid +
not differentiated +
brown +  and yellow +
acute +  and long-cucullate +
curved +  and straight +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
striolate +
cylindric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
monoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
flat to bulging +
vesiculose +  and thick-walled +
few +  and several +
elongate-rhomboid +  and elongate +
tomentose +  and bare +
red +  and brown +
papillose +
sometimes slightly longer than wide +
dioicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
quadrate +  and polygonal +
large +  and small +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Europe +  and Asia +
moderate to high elevations +
differentiated +
multicellular +
Widespread on soil and rock, occasionally on tree bark +
yellow +  and orange-red or red +
strong +  and weak +
1 +  and 3 +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
concave;keeled;channeled;ovoid;lanceolate or lingulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
erect-spreading +
spatulate +, lingulate +  and infolded +
reduced +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
revolute +  and plane +
pale +  and colored +
distinct +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
photosynthetic +
compound +, simple +, hollow +  and solid +
4 +  and 6 +
flattened +  and 2-fid +
lateral +  and terminal +
blunt +, oblong-lingulate +  and ovate +
lateral +  and terminal +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
red +, orange +  and yellow +
consisting of 16 mostly 2 times cleft spiculose striate or papillose lanceolate teeth , , , , +  and rudimentary +
synoicous +, autoicous +, dioicous +  and sexual +
cylindric +  and spherical +
straight +
elongate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
2 +  and 1 +
brick-red +  and laminal +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Syntrichia intermedia +, Tortula intermedia +  and Tortula ruralis var. crinita +
Syntrichia montana +
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species +
ovoid;cylindric +
yellow distally and red +, orange +, red +  and yellow +
stemless +  and perigoniate +
green;yellow or redbrown +
small +  and large +