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Endemic moss

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Endemic moss

Beeveria is a moss genus confined to New Zealand. Its leaves are flattened into one plane. The tip of its stem often supports a ball of filaments. Each filament can grow into a new moss plant if it lands in a moist, shady place. The genus is named in honour of Jessica Beever, a New Zealand bryologist (someone who studies liverworts and mosses).

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Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – New Zealand mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10648/endemic-moss (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.