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NZ Plants
Dendrocryphaea tasmanica
Family: Cryphaeaceae
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Plant on boulder
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Shoots
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Shoot with pinnate branching
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Branch formation
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Stem with leaves
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Sporophyte plant in side view. A very short seta (stem) fails to elevate the capsule above the leaves.
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Mature capsules, from above.
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Peristome teeth
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Dendrocryphaea tasmanica is a robust and rigid, dark green aquatic moss with branches tending to grow from one side of the stem. Stem leaves are broadly ovate, 2 mm in length and tapering to a sharp (acute) point. The mature sporophyte has a very short stalk (seta), with long, tapering perichaetial bracts (modified leaves) at its base, so that the capsule is encircled by the bracts. Formerly Cryphaea tasmanica. See also the closely related Cryphaea chlorophyllosa.
Widespread in New Zealand on wet rocks in or beside streams.
