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NZ Plants
Dicnemon dixonianum
Family: Dicnemonaceae
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A cushion of plants on a tree limb
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Stem with branches
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Stem with leaves
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Stem with leaves
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Overlapping perichaetial bracts form a sheath completely covering the young sporophyte plant.
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A capsule with calyptra cover emerges from the sheath.
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The calyptra thins, allowing the capsule lid (operculum) to be seen to the inside .
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Mature capsule
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Mature capsule, peristome teeth
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Dicnemon dixonianum forms dense patches consisting of creeping, many-branched shoots bearing short erect branches with close set, overlapping leaves. The leaves clasp the stem, are eliptica with incurved entire margins and have a distinct vein (costa) extending to the leaf tip. A tubular sheath of perichaetial bracts extends up the length of the seta stalk ending in a blunt point but never overtops the capsule.
An endemic moss found throughout New Zealand as an epiphyte on trunks and branches.
