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|accepted_name=Orthotrichum affine
|accepted_authority=Schrader ex Bridel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Muscol. Recent.
|place=2(2): 22. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orthotrichaceae;Orthotrichum;Orthotrichum affine
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orthotrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orthotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Orthotrichum affine]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 47
|treatment_page=page 50
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 3 cm. <b>Stem</b> leaves erect-appressed and straight when dry, ligulate, elongate- to ovate-lanceolate, 2–4 mm; margins recurved-revolute to just below apex, entire; apex acute; basal laminal cells long-rectangular to elongate, walls thick, nodose; distal cells 9–13 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 2 or 3 per cell, 2-fid, low. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition gonioautoicous. <b>Seta</b> 1–2.2 mm. <b>Capsule</b> 1/2 emergent to short-exserted, long-cylindric when mature, cylindric and constricted along entire length when old and dry, 1.6–2.5 mm, strongly 8-ribbed 2/3 capsule length; stomata superficial; peristome double; prostome absent; exostome teeth 8, erect when mature, reflexed to reflexed-recurved when old, coarsely and obscurely papillose or sometimes papillose-reticulate, deeply perforate, cancellate; endostome segments 8, rarely 16, well developed, usually present when capsule is old and dry, narrow, of 2 rows of cells, papillose. <b>Calyptra</b> conic-oblong, smooth, hairs few, papillose. <b>Spores</b> 15–18 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Deciduous trees, shaded rock, shaded forests near stream beds, canyons, mountains
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;Asia;n Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Orthotrichum affine</i>, a species confined to western North America in the flora area, is best recognized by: superficial stomata; cylindric, strongly ribbed, almost exserted capsules; a well-developed but not stout endostome; and a calyptra that is only sparsely hairy.</p>
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name=Orthotrichum affine
|author=
|authority=Schrader ex Bridel
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orthotrichaceae
|habitat=Deciduous trees, shaded rock, shaded forests near stream beds, canyons, mountains
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;Asia;n Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Muscol. Recent.
|publication year=1801
|special status=
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|genus=Orthotrichum
|species=Orthotrichum affine
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