Please select root levels for the menu
NZ Plants
Philonotis tenuis - apple moss
Family: Bartramiaceae
-
Plants
L Jensen
View picture -
Shoot
L Jensen
View picture -
Stem, rhizoids
L Jensen
View picture -
Stem, leaves and brood bodies
L Jensen
View picture -
Stem, leaves and brood bodies
L Jensen
View picture -
Brood bodies, each with a stem axis and a shoot tip with leaves
L Jensen
View picture -
Sporophyte plant
L Jensen
View picture -
Immature capsule with operculum lid
L Jensen
View picture -
Mature capsule with operculum lid being shed
L Jensen
View picture -
Mature capsule, peristome in side view
L Jensen
View picture -
Peristome from above
L Jensen
View picture
Philonotis tenuis is a moss with reddish stems 1-4 cm in height with a faint tomentum that is especially well developed in wet sites. Leaves are about 1 mm long, dull grey-green and narrowly triangular in shape. The leaf margin is often curved downward and the nerve (vein) projects beyond the leaf tip. Miniature leafy shoots (brood bodies) are sometimes produced on the upper part of the stem.
Widespread in New Zealand on damp soil and rock.
