Orthothecium rufescens (dicks. ex Brid.) Schimp.

Orthothecium moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants large, in mats, reddish to brownish. Stems 4-10 cm, 3 mm wide, erect or ascending, sparingly branched. Leaves ± appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, straight, linear-lanceolate, strongly plicate, 3 mm; ; margins plane, entire; apex slenderly long-acuminate; ecostate; basal laminal cells shorter than medial cells, golden brown; medial cells linear, 65-85 × 4-5 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sporophytes unknown.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35172958
WFO ID wfo-0001189104
COL ID 759YT
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INPN ID 6093
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Synonyms

Orthothecium complanatum Orthothecium rufescens