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|accepted_name=Thelia asprella
|accepted_authority=(Schimper) Sullivant in A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|place=2, 660. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leskea asprella
|authority=Schimper
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hypnum hirtellum var. furcatum
|authority=Müller Hal.
}}
|hierarchy=Theliaceae;Thelia;Thelia asprella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Theliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thelia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thelia asprella]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 639
|treatment_page=page 638
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>creeping, densely and regularly 1-pinnate, often densely tomentose, branches simple; paraphyllia not seen; pseudoparaphyllia filamentous. <b>Stem</b> and branch leaves ± similar, 0.8–1 mm; margins plane throughout or erect to somewhat incurved basally, plane distally, ciliate basally, ciliate-papillose distally; apex broadly acute to obtuse, acumen spreading-piliferous, occasionally long-apiculate; laminal cells rhombic nearly throughout, 12–20 × 8–12 µm, papillae usually 3–6-branched. <b>Seta</b> 0.8–1.2 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 2–2.5 mm; operculum 1–1.3 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> 2–3 mm. <b>Spores</b> 6–10 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Tree trunks, rotting stumps, humus, soil at base of trees, over rock, on ground
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (20-800 m)
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Thelia asprella</i> is a fairly small species that usually grows in large, dense mats at the base of trees. <i>Thelia asprella</i> and <i>T. hirtella</i> are nearly identical in aspect; both species have terete-foliate, regularly branched, densely radiculose stems, and piliferous leaves. <i>Thelia hirtella</i> differs from <i>T. asprella</i> most clearly in having unbranched laminal cell papillae; in addition, the leaves in <i>T. hirtella</i> are dimorphic with stem leaves much larger and more densely ciliate than the branch leaves. <i>Thelia lescurii</i> is a larger plant than <i>T. asprella</i> that nearly always grows on soil or over rocks. In the field, <i>T. lescurii</i> can often be distinguished from <i>T. asprella</i> because its short-apiculate leaves give the plants a smoothly imbricate appearance. In <i>T. asprella</i>, the piliferous apices are often spreading, giving the plants a ragged appearance.</p>
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name=Thelia asprella
|author=
|authority=(Schimper) Sullivant in A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Hypnum hirtellum var. furcatum
|basionyms=Leskea asprella
|family=Theliaceae
|habitat=Tree trunks, rotting stumps, humus, soil at base of trees, over rock, on ground
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (20-800 m)
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|publication year=1856
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Thelia
|species=Thelia asprella
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