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Pohlia bolanderi  (Lesq.) Broth.
Pohlia bolanderi is a moss that is native to California.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Pohlia
Family: Bryaceae  
Category: bryophyte  
PLANTS group:Moss

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Alternate Names:
TNRSPohlia bolanderi var. bolanderi
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[dev.floranorthamerica.org] Description, Phenology, Habitat, Range: Plants small to medium sized, green or sometimes pale whitish, somewhat shiny. Stems 0.3 - 1.5 cm. Leaves erect to ± spreading, lanceolate to narrowly ovatelanceolate, 0.8 - 1.6 mm; base not or scarcely decurrent; margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3; costa subpercurrent or percurrent; distal medial laminal cells linear-rhomboidal, 55 - 100 µm, walls thin. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonial leaves ovate; perichaetial leaves slightly differentiated, ovatelanceolate. Seta stramineous to orangebrown. Capsule inclined 35 - 90°, stramineous to orangebrown, narrowly cylindric, neck 1/2 - 1 time urn length; exothecial cells elongate - rectangular, walls straight; stomata superficial; annulus present; operculum conic; exostome teeth yellow to yellowbrown, acute-triangular; endostome hyaline, basal membrane 1/4 - 1/2 exostome length, segments tapered apically, narrowly keeled, narrowly to not perforate, cilia absent to rudimentary. Spores 16 - 26 µm, distinctly roughened. Phenology: Capsules mature summer (Jun? - Aug). Habitat: Dry alpine soil, soil-filled rock crevices Elevation: low to high elevations (link added by Mary Ann Machi)


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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 12/21/2024).