Schistidium subjulaceum H.H. Blom:
Canada (North America)
Kyrgyzstan (Asia)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Norway (Europe)
Sweden (Europe)
Russian Federation (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Canada

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

Plants in open to somewhat compact tufts, olivaceous, brownish, or nearly black. Stems 1.3-2(-3) cm, central strand distinct. Leaves erect or curved, sometimes curved towards stem, imbricate, sometimes weakly spreading when dry, ovate-triangular to ovate-lanceolate, keeled distally, 1.2-1.8(-2.2) mm, 1-stratose, rarely with 2-stratose striae or patches distally; margins usually recurved to near apex, smooth or rarely weakly denticulate distally, 2-stratose, occasionally 3-stratose, often in more than one row; apices acute or somewhat rounded; costa sub-percurrent, percurrent, or excurrent as a short, denticulate, slightly decurrent awn, abaxial surface occasionally weakly papillose; basal marginal cells quadrate or short-rectangular; distal laminal cells mostly isodiametric or ovate, occasionally short-rectangular, 9-13 µm wide, smooth, weakly sinuose, walls usually pale orange or yellowish. Sexual condition autoicous. Capsule light (yellow-) brown, occasionally red-brown, short-cylindric or ovoid, usually narrowed towards the mouth, 0.8-1.4(-1.7) mm; exothecial cells mostly irregularly angular, short-elongate or isodiametric, rarely oblate, walls thin or moderately and unevenly thickened, often somewhat curved, trigonous; stomata present; peristome patent to squarrose-recurved, often twisted, 300-450 µm, dull dark red or brown, densely papillose, usually entire, sometimes weakly perforated. Spores 11-18 µm, granulose or verruculose.

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Schistidium subjulaceum appears closely related to S. rivulare. Its smaller, more compact stature, and the consistently larger, often lighter colored capsules that are usually slightly narrowed towards the mouth separate it from S. rivulare.