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Loeskeobryum brevirostre

loeskeobryum moss, pinched shaggy moss
Habit Plants to 12 cm.
Stem

leaves slightly concave, (1.1–)1.4–1.9 mm wide;

margins often broadly incurved at base of acumen;

apex frequently falcate, acumen slender, slightly channeled;

medial laminal cells 30–70 × 5–7 µm;

cells of clasping auricles smaller, rectangular to rhomboidal.
Branch leaves

spreading, concave, 0.8–1.9 × 0.3–1.2 mm;

base slightly or not cordate-clasping;

apex acuminate to abruptly acute, straight.
Seta

1.2–4 cm.
Capsule

ellipsoid, neck short, 1.6–2.7 mm.

Loeskeobryum brevirostre
Habitat Soil, humus, rotten logs, and rock in moist forests, especially common in mixed hemlock and cove hardwood forests of Appalachian Mountains
Elevation low to high elevations (0-2000 m) (low to high elevations (0-6600 ft))
Distribution
from FNA
CT; GA; KY; MA; MD; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; TN; VA; VT; WV; NB; NF; NS; Mexico; West Indies; Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala); Europe; n Africa
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Discussion

Reports of Loeskeobryum brevirostre from Ontario and Quebec have not been confirmed. The collection by Macoun from Owen Sound (1191, 28 July 1871, CANM) is correctly identified but far from the Appalachian range of the species. All Quebec collections labeled as L. brevirostre examined for this study were misidentified.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 28, p. 330.
Parent taxa Hylocomiaceae > Loeskeobryum
Synonyms Hypnum rutabulum var. brevirostre, Hylocomium brevirostre
Name authority (Bridel) M. Fleischer ex Brotherus: in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 11: 483. (1925)
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