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|accepted_name=Neckera menziesii
|accepted_authority=Drummond
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Musc. Amer.,
|place=162. 1828
|year=1828
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Metaneckera menziesii
|authority=(Drummond) Steere
}}
|hierarchy=Neckeraceae;Neckera;Neckera menziesii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Neckeraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Neckera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Neckera menziesii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 604
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>4–11(–20) cm. <b>Stems</b> with branches common, attenuate; paraphyllia many. <b>Stem</b> leaves (central) oblong to oblong-ligulate, undulate, 3–6 × (1–)2.2–2.5 mm; margins slightly serrate to serrulate distally; apex obtuse to broadly acute; costa single, 3/4 leaf length; alar cells quadrate; basal laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 30–54 × 5–6 µm; distal medial cells linear, 27–36 × 3–5 µm; apical cells rhomboidal, (8–)12–18 × 5–6 µm. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> 0.2–0.3 cm. <b>Capsule</b> immersed.</span><!--

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|habitat=Logs, trunks, shaded rock and cliffs, mixed conifer-hardwood, Abies, Quercus, Sequoia, and Thuja forests
|elevation=low to high elevations (10-2000 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;Asia (China;Japan).
|discussion=<p><i>Neckera menziesii</i> can be distinguished from other dioicous species by the single costa that extends 3/4 of the leaf length and the slightly serrate leaf margin of straight teeth. In addition, the seta is very short, and the capsule immersed. The abundant paraphyllia and single costa were used by W. C. Steere (1941, 1967) to segregate <i>N. menziesii</i> into the genus Metaneckera. Those characters are common in other <i>Neckera</i> species from South and Central America and Asia and therefore within the limits of the genus. The stem leaf base is slightly auriculate; the margins are recurved basally; and the distal medial cell walls are pitted.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Neckera menziesii
|author=
|authority=Drummond
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Metaneckera menziesii
|basionyms=
|family=Neckeraceae
|habitat=Logs, trunks, shaded rock and cliffs, mixed conifer-hardwood, Abies, Quercus, Sequoia, and Thuja forests
|elevation=low to high elevations (10-2000 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;Asia (China;Japan).
|reference=None
|publication title=Musc. Amer.,
|publication year=1828
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Neckera
|species=Neckera menziesii
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