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|accepted_name=Dicranum spurium
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=141. 1801,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Dicranaceae;Dicranum;Dicranum spurium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Dicranaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dicranum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dicranum spurium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 401, 410
|treatment_page=page 409
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in loose tufts, green to yellowish green or yellowish brown, dull. <b>Stems</b> 2–11 cm, densely tomentose below with reddish brown rhizoids, interruptedly foliate, the leaves crowded in some parts forming swollen, globose regions. <b>Leaves</b> erect-spreading, arched and loosely imbricate with contorted apices when dry, ± undulate to rugose, (2.5–)5–6.5(–9) × 1–1.7 mm, concave below, tubulose above, acute, ovate at base, widest point at or somewhat below middle; margins serrulate to serrate in distal half, plane to involute; laminae 1-stratose or with 2-stratose regions near costa and on margins; costa percurrent to shortly excurrent, 1/8–1/4 the width of the leaves at base, serrulate or toothed above on abaxial surface, abaxial ridges absent, with a row of guide cells, two stereid bands extending to apex, adaxial epidermal layer of cells not differentiated, the abaxial layer differentiated; cell walls between lamina cells weakly to strongly bulging; leaf cells strongly papillose above on abaxial surface, sometimes a few papillae on adaxial surface; alar cells 2-stratose, distinctly differentiated, not extending to costa; proximal laminal cells elongate, pitted, (30–)49–68(–101) × (5–)10–11(–15) µm, abruptly shorter in distal half of leaf; distal laminal cells short, not or indistinctly pitted, cell walls irregularly thickened, (7–)11–12(–23) × (5–)7–13(–20) µm. <b>Sexual</b> condition pseudomonoicous; dwarf males on rhizoids of female plants; interior perichaetial leaves abruptly short-acuminate, convolute-sheathing. <b>Seta</b> 1–3 cm, solitary, reddish yellow or brown. <b>Capsule</b> 1.5–2.5 mm, arcuate, inclined to horizontal, contracted below mouth and furrowed when dry, yellowish brown to brown; operculum 1.5–2.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 16–24 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Sandy soil, decayed logs, acidic rock, humus over exposed bluffs or outcrops, in pine woods, sometimes bogs
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Dicranum spurium</i> is easily recognized by the turgid aspect of the plants with arched, imbricate leaves and with interruptedly foliate stems, i.e., some regions that appear swollen or globose as a result of several growth periods. It is likely to be confused only with 11. <i>D. condensatum</i> (see discussion thereunder).</p>
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name=Dicranum spurium
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Dicranaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Sandy soil, decayed logs, acidic rock, humus over exposed bluffs or outcrops, in pine woods, sometimes bogs
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=
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|genus=Dicranum
|species=Dicranum spurium
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