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|accepted_name=Meesia longiseta
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=173. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Meesiaceae;Meesia;Meesia longiseta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Meesiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Meesia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Meesia longiseta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 33
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.4–0.8 cm. <b>Stem</b> leaves spreading and somewhat twisted when dry, irregularly spreading and indistinctly 3-ranked when moist, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2–3.5 mm; base decurrent; margins plane to weakly reflexed basally, entire; apex acute to narrowly obtuse; costa narrow, ending in or just before apex; inner laminal cells smaller, walls thicker than those of marginal cells. <b>Sexual</b> condition synoicous. <b>Seta</b> 5–11 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 3.5–4.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 36–44 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Calcareous soil banks, rich fens, boreal, alpine, and arctic habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ind.;N.H.;N.Y.;Central America (Guatemala;Honduras);n Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Meesia longiseta</i> is distinguished from <i>M. triquetra</i> by its entire leaf margins, synoicous sexual condition, and generally more slender leaves. The species occurs in habitats similar to those of <i>M. triquetra</i>.</p>
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name=Meesia longiseta
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Meesiaceae
|habitat=Calcareous soil banks, rich fens, boreal, alpine, and arctic habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ind.;N.H.;N.Y.;Central America (Guatemala;Honduras);n Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Meesia
|species=Meesia longiseta
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