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Find by common types

Below are some mosses that are found in New Zealand

See the Moss: A Guide to Identification diagram.

Acrocladium chlamydophyllum

Name of common moss

Achrophyllum dentatum

Name of common moss

Andreaea sp

Name of common moss

Atrichum androgynum

Name of common moss

Barbula calycina

Name of common moss

Brachythecium rutabulum

Name of common moss

Bruetelia pendula

Name of common moss

Bryum clavatum

Name of common moss

Calliergonella cuspidata
(syn., Acrocladium cuspidatum)

Name of common moss

Calomnion complanatum

Name of common moss

Calyptrochaeta brownii

Name of common moss

Camptochaete arbuscula

Name of common moss

Campylopus clavatus

Name of common moss

Canalohypopterygium tamariscinum
(Syn., Hypopterygium commutatum)

Name of common moss

Catagonium nitens

Name of common moss

Catharomnion ciliatum

Name of common moss

Cladomnion ericoides

Name of common moss

Cyathophorum bulbosum

Name of common moss

Cyrtopus setusus

Name of common moss

Dawsonia superba

Name of common moss

Dendrocryphaea tasmanica
(Syn., Cryphaea tasmanica)

Name of common moss

Dendrohypopterygium filiculiforme
(Syn., Hypopterygium filiculaeforme)

Name of common moss

Dendroligotrichum tongariroense
(Syn., Dendroligotrichum dendroides)

Name of common moss

Dicnemon calycinum

Name of common moss

Dicranoloma billardierei

Name of common moss

Ditrichum difficile

Name of common moss

Echinodium hispidum

Name of common moss

Eurhynchium sp.

Name of common moss

Fissidens pallidus

Name of common moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Funaria

Grimmia pulvinata

Name of common moss

Gymnostomum calcareum

Name of common moss

Hampeella alaris

Name of common moss

Hedwigia ciliata

Name of common moss

Holomitrium perichaetiale

Name of common moss

Hymenodon pilifer

Name of common moss

Hypnodendron arcuatum

Name of common moss

Hypnum chrysogaster

Name of common moss

Hypopterygium species

Name of common moss

Leptostomum inclinans

Name of common moss

Lepyrodon lagurus

Name of common moss

Leucobryum javense

Name of common moss

Lopidium concinnum

Name of common moss

Macromitrium microstomum

Name of common moss

Mniodendron comatum
(Syn, Hypnodendron comatum)

Name of common moss

Ochiobryum blandum

Name of common moss

Orthorrhynchium elegans

Name of common moss

Pendulothecium punctatum

Name of common moss

Philonotis tenuis

Name of common moss

Pogonatum subulatum

Name of common moss

Polytrichadelphus magellanicus

Name of common moss

Polytrichum juniperinum

Name of common moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Name of common moss

Pseudotaxiphyllum falcifolium

Name of common moss

Ptychomitium australe

Name of common moss

Ptychomnion aciculare

Name of common moss

Pulchrinodus inflatus

Pulchrinodus inflatus

Pyrrhobryum mnioides

Name of common moss

Racomitrium crispulum

Name of common moss

Racopilum strumiferum

Name of common moss

Rhacocarpus purpurascens

Name of common moss

Rhaphidorrhynchium amoenum
(syn., Sematophyllum amoenum)

Name of common moss

Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae

Name of common moss

Rhynchostegium tenuifolium

Name of common moss

Rosulabryum subtomentosum

Name of common moss

Schlotheimia knightii

Name of common moss

Sciadocladus menziesii
(syn.,Hypnodendron menziesii)

Name of common moss

Sematophyllum jolliffii

Name of common moss

Sphagnum sp

Name of common moss

Tayloria callophylla

Name of common moss

Thuidiopisis furfurosa

Name of common moss

Tortula muralis

Tortula muralis

Trachyloma diversinerve

Name of common moss

Trichostomum sciophilum

Name of common moss

Weymouthia cochlearifolia

Name of common moss

See the Moss: A Guide to Identification diagram.

Mosses