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Plagiomnium affine
Plagiomnium affine, the many-fruited thyme-moss, is a species of thyme-moss found in old-growth boreal forests in North America, Europe and Asia, growing in moist, but not wet, basic to slightly acidic micro-habitats in woodland and turf. ('Plagio' = oblique, 'Mnium' = genus of thyme-moss)
Forming low lawns, stems are usually some 2 cm long, with densely packed leaves, though 10 cm long trailing infertile stems have only sparse leaves, smaller than those on fertile stems. Leaves strongly curled when dry, spreading plane when moist, the basal leaves broadly elliptic to rounded, those at the apex mucronate. Leaf edges of bases decurrent on the stem, the upper leaves oblong to lingulate and constricted at the base, toothed. The leaf cells are arranged in diagonal rows and are easily discerned with a lens.
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