View source for Splachnum ampullaceum

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|accepted_name=Splachnum ampullaceum
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=55. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Splachnaceae;Splachnum;Splachnum ampullaceum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Splachnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Splachnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Splachnum ampullaceum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 24, 27
|treatment_page=page 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>light green or yellow-green. <b>Stems</b> 1–2 cm. <b>Leaves</b> crowded at stem apices, long-lanceolate to narrowly oblong-obovate, 3.5–4 mm; margins deeply spinose-dentate distally, not bordered; apex slender-acuminate; costa disappearing in acumen somewhat before apex. <b>Seta</b> red or red-brown, 1.5–6.5 cm, flexuose. <b>Capsule</b> urn yellow-brown distally, 1–1.2 mm; hypophysis yellow or pink, rarely reddish, dark red with age, turbinate, much wider than urn, rugose; operculum hemispheric, blunt; exostome teeth inserted near mouth, connate in pairs, pale brown or orange-brown. <b>Spores</b> subspheric, 7–10 µm, yellow-green.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature early summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Oreg.;n;c Europe;Asia (China;Japan;Siberia).
|discussion=<p><i>Splachnum ampullaceum</i> is the most common species of the genus in boreal North America; the plants sometimes grow with <i>S. luteum</i> in western North America and <i>S. pensylvanicum</i> in eastern North America. <i>Splachnum ampullaceum</i> is easily recognized by both sporophyte and gametophyte morphology. The name of the species is derived from its ampulla-shaped capsules with abruptly dilated bases. The hypophysis is broad, 2–6 mm wide, top-shaped, and it ranges in color from yellow to pink and dark red with age. The leaves, unlike those of other North American species in the genus, have deeply spinose-dentate margins.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=cameron1982a
|text=Cameron, R. G. and D. Troilo. 1982. Fly-mediated spore dispersal in Splachnum ampullaceum (Musci). Michigan Bot. 21: 59–65.
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|id=whitmire1965a
|text=Whitmire, R. S. 1965. Ecological observations on Splachnum ampullaceum. Bryologist 68: 342–343.
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name=Splachnum ampullaceum
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Splachnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature early summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Oreg.;n;c Europe;Asia (China;Japan;Siberia).
|reference=cameron1982a;whitmire1965a
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=
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|genus=Splachnum
|species=Splachnum ampullaceum
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