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|accepted_name=Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum
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|name=Brachythecium petrophilum
|authority=R. S. Williams
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Brachytheciastrum;Brachytheciastrum velutinum;Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brachytheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brachytheciastrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Brachytheciastrum velutinum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
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|treatment_page=page 412
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism coloration;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>green, sometimes yellowish or brownish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem architecture or shape;branch architecture"><b>Stems </b>creeping, regularly pinnate, branches subcomplanate-foliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem-leaf orientation;stem-leaf arrangement;stem-leaf course;stem-leaf shape;stem-leaf length;stem-leaf atypical width;stem-leaf atypical width;stem-leaf width"><b>Stem-</b>leaves erect-spreading, densely to loosely arranged, straight to slightly curved, ovatelanceolate to lanceolate, 1–1.6 × (0.1–) 0.2–0.5 (–0.6) mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape">margins serrulate to base, serrate to serrulate distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="laminal cell atypical length;laminal cell length;laminal cell width;branch leaf shape;branch leaf course">laminal cells 45–90 (–125) × 5–7 µm. <b>Branch</b> leaves ± falcate or occasionally straight.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="seta pubescence or relief"><b>Seta </b>rough throughout.</span><!--

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|habitat=Mineral soil, humus, litter, decaying wood, trunk bases
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2100 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands
|discussion=<p>Variety velutinum is distinguished from most species in Brachytheciaceae by a small stature, narrow, more or less falcate leaves that usually spread from their bases, and somewhat complanate foliage.</p>
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name=Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum
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|synonyms=Brachythecium petrophilum
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|family=Brachytheciaceae
|habitat=Mineral soil, humus, litter, decaying wood, trunk bases
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2100 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands
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|genus=Brachytheciastrum
|species=Brachytheciastrum velutinum
|variety=Brachytheciastrum velutinum var. velutinum
|branch architecture=subcomplanate-foliate
|branch leaf course=straight
|branch leaf shape=falcate
|laminal cell atypical length=90um;125um
|laminal cell length=45um;90um
|laminal cell width=5um;7um
|margin architecture or shape=serrate;serrulate
|seta pubescence or relief=rough
|stem architecture or shape=pinnate
|stem growth form or orientation=creeping
|stem-leaf arrangement=arranged
|stem-leaf atypical width=0.5mm;0.6mm
|stem-leaf course=straight;slightly curved
|stem-leaf length=1mm;1.6mm
|stem-leaf orientation=erect-spreading
|stem-leaf shape=ovatelanceolate;lanceolate
|stem-leaf width=0.2mm;0.5mm
|whole_organism coloration=brownish;yellowish;green
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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