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|accepted_name=Syntrichia montana
|accepted_authority=Nees
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora
|place=2: 301. 1819,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Syntrichia intermedia
|authority=Bridel
|rank=species
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|name=Tortula intermedia
|authority=(Bridel) De Notaris
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula ruralis var. crinita
|authority=De Notaris
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae;Syntrichia;Syntrichia montana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Syntrichia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Syntrichia montana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 619
|treatment_page=page 624
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>2–10 mm. <b>Leaves</b> infolded and twisted when dry, erect-spreading when moist, lingulate or spatulate, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1.5 mm; margins revolute in the proximal 1/2, entire; apices broadly acute or obtuse, sometimes emarginate; costa excurrent into a short, serrate, hyaline awn, brown or red, often papillose abaxially and serrulate near the apex because of projecting cell ends; basal cells abruptly differentiated, narrower toward the margins; distal cells polygonal or quadrate, 8–12 µm, with 4–6 papillae per cell. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> red, 8–14 mm. <b>Capsule</b> red, 2–3.5 mm, straight or slightly curved; operculum 1.2–2 mm, red; peristome 0.5–1.3 mm, the basal membrane to 1/2 the total length, red. <b>Spores</b> 10–13 µm, papillose.</span><!--

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|habitat=Widespread on soil and rock, occasionally on tree bark
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p>This treatment follows M. T. Gallego et al. (2006) in employing <i>Syntrichia montana</i> to encompass what has been called <i>S. intermedia</i> or <i>S. ruralis</i> <i></i>var.<i> crinita</i> in North America. This is, however, a tentative decision as there remains an incompletely understood complex of small, dioicous plants with hydroids in the costa, and some currently undescribed taxa may yet need to be recognized. One recently described species that falls in this complex is <i>S. rupicola</i> B. H. Allen. Further field sampling, molecular characterization, and culture studies are necessary before these taxa are fully understood.</p>
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name=Syntrichia montana
|authority=Nees
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Syntrichia intermedia;Tortula intermedia;Tortula ruralis var. crinita
|basionyms=
|family=Pottiaceae
|habitat=Widespread on soil and rock, occasionally on tree bark
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Flora
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_912.xml
|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae
|genus=Syntrichia
|species=Syntrichia montana
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