Story: Mosses

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Structure

Life cycle of a moss

Beech forest floor

Moss on alpine boulders

Cushion bog, Southland

Urban moss

Structure of a moss leaf

Growth forms

Granite moss

Umbrella moss

Sphagnum moss

Branching moss

Hanging moss

Endemic moss

Sphagnum harvest

Pākē woven with moss

Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/6948/media (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.