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|accepted_name=Mnium marginatum
|accepted_authority=(Dickson ex Withering) P. Beauvois
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|place=75. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bryum marginatum
|authority=Dickson ex Withering
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed.
|publication_place=4, 3: 824. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mnium serratum
|authority=Schrader ex Bridel
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Mniaceae;Mnium;Mnium marginatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Mniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mnium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mnium marginatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 223, 224, 227
|treatment_page=page 226
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(1–)2–3(–6) cm. <b>Stems</b> red or reddish brown. <b>Leaves</b> green to dark green, contorted and twisted when dry, ovate-elliptic or sometimes elliptic or oblong-ovate, rarely narrow, (2–)3–4(–5) mm; base long-decurrent; margins reddish brown, 2-stratose or rarely multistratose, toothed to below mid leaf or sometimes only distally, teeth paired or occasionally single, small to large, blunt or occasionally sharp; apex acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse or rounded, apiculate or cuspidate, cusp toothed; costa percurrent, subpercurrent, or excurrent, smooth, on well-developed leaves distal abaxial surface rarely with few blunt teeth; medial laminal cells ± isodiametric or short-elongate, (18–)20–30(–40) µm, slightly smaller towards margins, in diagonal or longitudinal rows, usually strongly collenchymatous, blue postmortal color absent; marginal cells linear, in 2–3(–4) rows. <b>Sexual</b> condition synoicous or rarely dioicous. <b>Seta</b> single. <b>Capsule</b> yellow-brown, 2–4 mm; operculum rostrate; exostome reddish brown, sometimes yellowish. <b>Spores</b> 18–32 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature late spring.
|habitat=Forests on humus, soil, logs, rock, base of trees, shaded cliffs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Mnium marginatum</i> is a widespread species that should only be confused with the closely related 4. <i>M. lycopodioides</i>; see discussion under that species.</p>
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name=Mnium marginatum
|authority=(Dickson ex Withering) P. Beauvois
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Mnium serratum
|basionyms=Bryum marginatum
|family=Mniaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature late spring.
|habitat=Forests on humus, soil, logs, rock, base of trees, shaded cliffs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr. Aethéogam.,
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Mnium
|species=Mnium marginatum
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