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|accepted_name=Pogonatum brachyphyllum
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) P. Beauvois
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|place=84. 1805,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Polytrichum brachyphyllum
|authority=Michaux
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 295. 1803
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polytrichaceae;Pogonatum;Pogonatum brachyphyllum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polytrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pogonatum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pogonatum brachyphyllum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 155, 156, 158
|treatment_page=page 157
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small, scattered on a deep-green, persistent protonema, dull green to red-brown with age. <b>Stems</b> 0.2–0.3 cm. <b>Leaves</b> 1.5–3 mm, incurved at the tips when dry, erect-spreading when moist, gradually tapering to the blade; sheath oblong, entire, not hyaline-margined, the zone of incrassate hinge-cells at the shoulders not sharply defined; blade lanceolate, broadly and bluntly pointed, appearing turgid and fleshy, entire; marginal lamina erect, narrow, 1-stratose; costa ending in the tip, smooth abaxially; lamellae 25–40, entire in profile, 7–12 cells high, the marginal cells in section rounded, often thicker-walled, smooth; sheath cells short-rectangular; cells on the abaxial surface of blade 14–17 µm wide, thick-walled, longitudinally elongate in the median portion, subquadrate to either side. <b>Seta</b> (0.5–)1.5–2.5 cm, reddish, often twisted below the capsule. <b>Capsule</b> 2–2.5 mm, ± asymmetric, suberect to inclined to almost horizontal; operculum with a convex base and a short, rather blunt beak; exothecium mammillose, the cells short-rectangular, thick-walled; peristome to 300 µm, deeply divided almost to the capsule rim, the teeth reddish with hyaline margins. <b>Spores</b> 13–18 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Bare sandy or clayey soil on banks of ditches or streams, usually in open situations
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J. N.Y.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Pogonatum brachyphyllum</i> is endemic to eastern North America, and it has a more southerly distribution than <i>P. pensilvanicum</i>. The leaves of <i>P. brachyphyllum</i> are entire, short and broad, and appear succulent because of tall, closely packed lamellae. The calyptra is yellowish to reddish brown, contrasting with the rich, green protonemal mat.</p>
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name=Pogonatum brachyphyllum
|author=
|authority=(Michaux) P. Beauvois
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Polytrichum brachyphyllum
|family=Polytrichaceae
|habitat=Bare sandy or clayey soil on banks of ditches or streams, usually in open situations
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J. N.Y.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Pogonatum
|species=Pogonatum brachyphyllum
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