Amblystegium serpens (Hedw.) Schimp.

Jurkatzka's feather moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants in slender, soft mats. Stems creeping; central strand cells small, walls thin; axillary hair distal cells elongate. Stem and branch leaves similar, soft, not complanate, slightly concave; costa 10-30 µm wide at base; alar region reaching from margin 65% distance to costa at insertion; medial laminal cells 12-55 × 7-12 µm, 3-5:1, walls firm, slightly incrassate, eporose. Perichaetia with inner leaves suddenly narrowed to apex, plicate, apex acuminate. Seta reddish, elongate, 1-2.5 cm. Capsule 1.5-2 mm, neck well developed; operculum conic. Spores spheric, smooth to minutely papillose.
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Images

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Distribution

Amblystegium serpens world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35103175
WFO ID wfo-0001148239
COL ID CP2R
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INPN ID 5446
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Synonyms

Amblystegium juratzkanum Amblystegium schlotthaueri Amblystegium serpens Hypnum aurantiacum Amblystegiella yuennanensis Hypnum contextum Hypnum longiflorum Hypnum serpens Hypnum spinulosum Amblystegium kochii Amblystegium serpens subsp. schlotthaueri Hypnum serpens var. aurantiacum Hypnum serpens var. contextum Amblystegium serpens var. serpens

Lower taxons

Amblystegium serpens subsp. litorale Amblystegium serpens subsp. versirete Amblystegium serpens var. colombiae Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum Amblystegium serpens var. meridionale Amblystegium serpens var. noskovi Amblystegium serpens var. rigidiusculum Amblystegium serpens var. rigidum Amblystegium serpens var. salinum Amblystegium serpens var. saxicola Amblystegium serpens var. serbicum Amblystegium serpens var. tenue Amblystegium serpens var. verejtinovi