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Kōrero: Mosses

Beech forest floor

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Beech forest floor

Mosses and leafy liverworts form extensive carpets in beech forests throughout New Zealand. This luxuriant carpet is in a southern beech forest.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10059241

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Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – Life cycle and habitat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10640/beech-forest-floor (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.