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|accepted_name=Amblystegium serpens
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|place=6: 53. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hypnum serpens
|authority=Hedwig
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Amblystegium juratzkanum
|authority=Schimper
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|name=A. serpens var. juratzkanum
|authority=(Schimper) Rau & Hervey
}}
|hierarchy=Amblystegiaceae;Amblystegium;Amblystegium serpens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amblystegiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amblystegium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amblystegium serpens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 305
|treatment_page=page 301
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in slender, soft mats. <b>Stems</b> creeping; central strand cells small, walls thin; axillary hair distal cells elongate. <b>Stem</b> and branch leaves similar, soft, not complanate, slightly concave; costa 10–30 µm wide at base; alar region reaching from margin 65% distance to costa at insertion; medial laminal cells 12–55 × 7–12 µm, 3–5:1, walls firm, slightly incrassate, eporose. <b>Perichaetia</b> with inner leaves suddenly narrowed to apex, plicate, apex acuminate. <b>Seta</b> reddish, elongate, 1–2.5 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 1.5–2 mm, neck well developed; operculum conic. <b>Spores</b> spheric, smooth to minutely papillose.</span><!--

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|habitat=Tree trunks, rotten wood, rock, soil, (sometimes salty) swamps to xeric habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Variable features in <i>Amblystegium serpens</i> include the serration of the leaf margin, which ranges from entire to serrulate or even serrate; length of the costa, from very short (less than 1/5 of leaf length) to subpercurrent; the subquadrate to transversely elongate alar cells; and leaf stance, which ranges from erect to spreading. These last two characters have sometimes been used to recognize a separate taxon, var. juratzkanum. However, the continuous range of variation of these characters precludes any infraspecific division within <i>A. serpens</i>, which is a fairly well-circumscribed species with comparatively low levels of plasticity with regard to species of <i>Hygroamblystegium</i>.</p>
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name=Amblystegium serpens
|author=
|authority=(Hedwig) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Amblystegium juratzkanum;A. serpens var. juratzkanum
|basionyms=Hypnum serpens
|family=Amblystegiaceae
|habitat=Tree trunks, rotten wood, rock, soil, (sometimes salty) swamps to xeric habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1853
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Amblystegium
|species=Amblystegium serpens
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