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NZ Plants
Camptochaete arbuscula
Family: Lembophyllaceae
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Plant
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Stem with branches
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Leaves with double nerve (vein)
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Leaves are concave
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Sporophytes develop on the underside of stems
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Stem, upper surface with sporophyte hanging down below
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Young sporophyte plant, calyptra covering on immature capsule
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Calyptra covering
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Young capsule, calyptra shed revealing the operculum lid
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Camptochaete arbuscula is a robust moss with wiry stems bearing fronds with branches arranged on either side of the frond axis (pinnate branching). Leaves are papery, wrinkled when dry, concave and pale silvery-green. The leaf vein (nerve) is double and very faint. The sporophyte plants are borne on the lower side of the frond.
Widespread in New Zealand as an epiphyte and on logs in moist forest.
