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NZ Plants
Zygodon intermedius
Family: Orthotrichaceae
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Plants on bark of pink pine (Halocarpus biformis)
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Shoot
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Shoot and leaves
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Shoot with rhizoids
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Dry shoot
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Dry shoots often have the leaves curved to one side of the stem
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Sporophyte plant with stalk (seta) and capsule
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Capsule with calyptra covering
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Capsule with calyptra removed to expose the operculum lid with its horizontal beak
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Operculum
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Mature capsule, with operculum shed
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Capsule mouth from above with rudimentary peristome teeth and numerous spores
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Zygodon intermedius forms 5-25 mm tall mats of green, yellow or red-brown, branching stems. Leaves are lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 0.6-1.8 mm long and spreading when moist with papillose (nipple-like projections) surface cells. When dry, leaves are not strongly twisted and often curve to one side of the stem. The sporophyte stalk (seta) is 2-8 mm long and bears an 8-ribbed cylindrical capsule. The peristome is rudimentary or lacking.
Widespread in New Zealand on bark and rock.
