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NZ Plants
Fissidens leptocladus
Family: Fissidentaceae
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Plants
L Jensen
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Shoot
L Jensen
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Shoot
L Jensen
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Leaves
L Jensen
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Leaf detail
L Jensen
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Dry shoot, upper surface
L Jensen
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Dry shoot, lower surface
L Jensen
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Shoot with terminal antheridia
J Beever
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Antheridia
J Beever
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Sporophyte plants
L Jensen
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Maturing capsule, lid (operculum) with calyptra covering being shed
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Capsule opening with peristome teeth
L Jensen
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Fissidens leptocladus is a small moss with simple or occasionally branched stems up to 15 mm in height that bear 4-30 pairs of leaves arranged in one plane. Leaves are lanceolate in shape with a nerve (vein) extending to the leaf tip and are often undulate and curved downward. Leaves have the structure typical for the genus Fissidens: a lower folded (double) portion and a dorsal wing.
Widespread in New Zealand on soil or rock.
