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Bruchia flexuosa
(Schwägr.) Müll. Hal.
Family:
Bruchiaceae
bruchia moss
[
Bruchia beyrichiana
Müll. Hal.,
more
Bruchia brevicollis
Lesq. & James,
Bruchia donnellii
Aust.,
Bruchia flexuosa var. brevicollis
(Lesq. & James) Rau & Herv.,
Bruchia nigricans
Austin,
Bruchia sullivantii
Aust.,
Bruchia sullivantii subsp. donnellii
(Austin) Grout,
Bruchia texana subsp. donnellii
(Austin) Kindb.,
Bruchia texana subsp. sullivantii
(Austin) Kindb.,
bruchia trobasiana
De Not.,
Phascum beyrichianum
(Hampe) Schwägr.,
Phascum flexuosum
Schwägr.,
Sporledera beyrichiana
Hampe
]
Flora of North America
Resources
Richard H. Zander in FNA Volume 27
Bruchia flexuosa
: Distal leaves long-subulate beyond an ovate, obovate, or elliptic base, 0.9–3.1 mm, leaf base usually strongly differentiated in shape; distal laminal cells short- to long-rectangular.
Sexual
: condition paroicous.
Seta
: 0.5–3 mm.
Capsule
: neck short, obovate.
Spores
: spinose or occasionally spinose-reticulate.
Calyptra
: smooth.
Phenology
: Capsules mature spring–summer.
Most soil, fields, among grasses. low to moderate elevations. Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Calif., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Minn., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis., Europe.
As discussed in detail by A. E. Rushing (1986), Bruchia flexuosa is the most widely distributed and most morphologically variable species of the genus.
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#1115116
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