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Kōrero: Mosses

Growth forms

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Growth forms

Dawsonia superba is a giant moss. One of the tallest in the world, it sometimes grows to a height of half a metre.

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University of Auckland

by Lawrence Jensen

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Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – New Zealand mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10767/growth-forms (accessed 24 June 2026).

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