Status: Native
Synonyms:
Mnium medium Bruch, Schimper & Guembel
Plagiomnium medium has larger leaves about 5mm long. They have a short cusp at the end of a rounded leaf apex. There is a distinct margin of elongate cells in a few rows, and single teeth that line the margin well below half way to the base. The similar Plagiomnium cuspidatum has single teeth on the margin that are only found on the upper half of the leaf. Plagiomnium medium is found in moist seepy areas at middle to higher elevation in mixed conifer forest.
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Plagiomnium medium, photographed & collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 1x macro dry, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 3x macro showing teeth well below the leaf midpoint, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 3x macro of leaf, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 2x macro of leaf (measured), collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 40x photomicrograph of leaf apex, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 40x photomicrograph of leaf base, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
Plagiomnium medium, 100x photomicrograph of leaf margin at midleaf, collected by Kevin Keith & Donna Stevens, photographed by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Black Range, Upper Mimbres River, Fall, 2011
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