California Academy of Sciences Bryophyte dataset (CAS:BOT-BC)
525090
urn:catalog:CAS:BOT-BC:525090
Scopelophila ligulata (Spruce) Spruce
Pottiaceae
Richard Zander (2005-01-19)
Toren, David; Dillingham, Colin P.; Friend, Mike
9351
2004-12-02
2 Dec 2004
United States, California, Plumas County, Plumas National Forest, Mt. Hough Ranger District, Hwy. 70 at milepost 32.1, 5.2 miles east of Twain and 1 mile west of the Greenville Wye (Hwy 70/89 jct); 1/8 mile N of Paxton
10N 670991E 4433924N
912 meters
2993.0000000000 ft
On seepy mineral soils barren of vegetation on roadside cutbank. Rocky type is phyllite.
Laminal cells evenly bulging on both surfaces; basal cells differentiated from median cells, enlarged and rectangular; blunt leaf apex; stereid bankd weak. First record for California.