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Hanging moss

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Hanging moss

Weymouthia mollis is a common epiphytic moss of wet forests. Its long stems dangle from the branches and twigs of the host tree.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses – New Zealand mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10772/hanging-moss (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.