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Kōrero: Mosses

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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by Bill Malcolm

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – New Zealand mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10648/endemic-moss (accessed 4 June 2026).

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