Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Toothed plagiomnium moss)

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Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T. Kop.

Toothed plagiomnium moss

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Mnium cuspidatum Hedw.
Mnium cuspidatum Hedw. var. tenellum Kindb.
Mnium sylvaticum Lindb.

6/7/2017 · Burns Loop Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Burns/Holland Farm, Milford, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

5/1/2016 · Keyes Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

5/12/2022 · Tom and Susan’s, Topsham, Maine

5/1/2023 · Tom and Susan's, Highland Green, Topsham, Maine

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Division	Bryophyta	Mosses
Subdivision	Musci	Mosses (all 12,000 of them)
Class	Bryopsida	Mosses with arthrodontous spore capsules, which is most of them
Subclass	Bryidae	Mosses with a double peristome with alternating tooth segments
Order	Bryales	Acrocarpous mosses containing about 500 species world-wide, and found growing on soil, rocks and walls
Family	Mniaceae	Acrocarpous mosses, typically forming tufts or sods in moist, shaded habitats like forest floors, stream banks, logs, and rocks
Genus	Plagiomnium
Species	cuspidatum	Tipped with a firm point, usually the leaves

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Plagiomnium cuspidatum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.