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NZ Plants
Thuidiopsis furfurosa - carpet moss, feather moss
Family: Thuidiaceae
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Branching stem
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Stem with branches from above
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Stem axis with branches
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Stem with branches
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Main stem with leaves and paraphyllia
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Leaves and paraphyllia
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Paraphyllia
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Branches with leaves
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Fertilised archegonium. Perichaetial bracts surround the enlarging basal portion of an archegonium (calyptra) containing a growing sporophyte embryo.
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Sporophyte emergence. The embryo forms an elongating stalk (seta) which tears the calyptra and carries it upward
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Older sporophyte plants. The seta reaches maximum length and the terminal calyptra covers a maturing capsule.
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Maturing capsule. The calyptra covering shrivels and begins to expose the capsule lid (operculum).
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Capsule with calyptra shed to expose the operculum lid
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Mature capsule with operculum shed to expose the peristome teeth.
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Peristome with outer and inner teeth.
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Thuidiopsis furfurosa has creeping stems with pinnate branches (branches regularly arranged in one plane to either side of the frond axis) to form finely-divided, feathery fronds. The main stems bear small filamentous or leaf-like outgrowths (paraphyllia). The stem leaves are oval to triangular with tapering tips and are mostly incurved from a broad base. Formerly Thuidium furfurosum.
Found throughout New Zealand in grasslands and lightly shaded areas of forest.
