Status: Native
Synonyms:
Mnium cuspidatum Hedw.
Mnium cuspidatum Hedw. var. tenellum Kindb.
Mnium sylvaticum Lindb.
Plagiomnium cuspidatum has broad leaves with a broad borders about 4 elongate cells thick. The teeth are stout and not double. The teeth are usually present in the upper half of the leaf only and they tend to point in any direction rather than just toward the apex of the leaf as in most mosses. Plagiomnium cuspidatum is a moss of moist mixed conifer forest floors near flowing water.
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Plagiomnium cuspidatum, sterile stems, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Meadow Creek, May 18, 2013
Plagiomnium cuspidatum (dry appearance), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone trailhead, June 10, 2010
Plagiomnium cuspidatum (closeup, dry appearance), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone trailhead, June 10, 2010
Plagiomnium cuspidatum, 3x macro of capsules, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone trailhead, June 10, 2010
Plagiomnium cuspidatum, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone trailhead, June 10, 2010
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