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|accepted_name=Plagiomnium insigne
|accepted_authority=(Mitten) T. J. Koponen
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Bot. Fenn.
|place=5: 146. 1968
|year=1968
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mnium insigne
|authority=Mitten
|publication_title=Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.
|publication_place=8: 230. 1856
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Mniaceae;Plagiomnium;Plagiomnium insigne
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Mniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plagiomnium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Plagiomnium insigne]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 229, 230, 234, 235
|treatment_page=page 233
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Erect </b>stems 3–8 cm, not dendroid; sterile stems to 10 cm. <b>Leaves</b> dark green, green, or yellow-green, crisped and contorted when dry, flat when moist, elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or occasionally ovate or oblong, (3–)5–9(–11) mm; base broadly long-decurrent; margins toothed to near base, teeth sharp, of 1 or 2 cells; apex acute, acuminate, or occasionally obtuse or rounded, cuspidate, cusp toothed; costa excurrent, percurrent, or rarely subpercurrent; medial laminal cells usually short-elongate or ± isodiametric, 40–70(–80) µm, somewhat smaller near margins to about 1/2 size, in weakly defined longitudinal rows, rarely in diagonal rows, collenchymatous, walls pitted, pits often indistinct; marginal cells linear, in 3–4(–5) rows. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> 3–6(–8), reddish proximally, yellow distally, 2–4 cm. <b>Capsule</b> pendent, cylindric, 3.5–4.5 mm, neck not distinct; operculum conic-apiculate. <b>Spores</b> 20–25 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature late spring.
|habitat=Humus or soil in shaded habitats in forests, along trails, lawns in urban habitats
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Plagiomnium insigne</i> is typically a large species, often forming extensive mats or turfs. It is fairly common in forests and in shaded urban habitats along the west coast. <i>Plagiomnium medium</i> is usually smaller, lighter green, and found in generally wetter habitats than <i>P. insigne</i>. According to T. J. Koponen (1974), older fertile stems of <i>P. medium</i> are more densely covered with rhizoids than those of <i>P. insigne</i> that are nearly rhizoid free.</p>
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name=Plagiomnium insigne
|author=
|authority=(Mitten) T. J. Koponen
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mnium insigne
|family=Mniaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature late spring.
|habitat=Humus or soil in shaded habitats in forests, along trails, lawns in urban habitats
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Bot. Fenn.
|publication year=1968
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Plagiomnium
|species=Plagiomnium insigne
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