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      girraween > plants > non-flowering plants


Mosses

Mosses are quite small (usually), non-woody plants that absorb water and nutrients through their leaves. They have a complicated life cycle which alternates between a tiny filmy plant that reproduces sexually and a larger leafy plant stage that reproduces by spores.

Mosses don't have flowers, roots or a vascular system and need to grow in damp, shady places so they don't dry out. Some mosses, however, have adapted to sunny and seasonally dry areas such as Girraween's granite pavements.

Mosses are very ancient plants, more primative even than ferns. There are over 12,700 species world wide and they can be found in arid deserts, rainforests and even in the polar regions.


  Mosses in gravel.

These mosses were growing in an exposed area on the Mt Norman track.




Andreaeaceae
  • Andreaea mutabilis  Andreaea Moss


Bartramiaceae
  • Bartramia robusta  -
  • Breutelia affinis  -
  • Philonotis tenuis   -


Bryaceae
  • Gemmabryum subapiculatum  -
  • Rosulabryum subfasciculatum  -


Dicranaceae
  • Dicranoloma dicarpum  -
  • Dicranoloma menziesii  -
  • Eucamptodon muelleri   Sheath Moss
  • Holomitrium perichaetiale var. perichaetiale  -
  • Sclerodontium pallidum subsp. pallidum  -


Ditrichaceae
  • Ceratodon purpureus  Fire Moss
  • Ditrichum difficile  -
  • Eccremidium minutum   -


Fabroniaceae
  • Fabronia australis  -


Fissidentaceae
  • Fissidens asplenioides  -
  • Fissidens curvatus var. curvatus  -
  • Fissidens leptocladus  -
  • Fissidens linearis var. linearis  -


Grimmiaceae
  • Bucklandiella emersa  -
  • Grimmia laevigata  Hoary Grimmia


Hedwigiaceae
  • Hedwigidium integrifolium  -


Hypnaceae
  • Hypnum cupressiforme  -


Hypnodendraceae
  • Hypnodendron vitiense subsp. australe  -


Hypopterygiaceae
  • Hypopterygium tamarisci  -


Leptostomataceae
  • Leptostomum erectum  Pincushion Moss


Leucobryaceae
  • Campylopus bicolor var. ericeticola   Swan-neck Moss
  • Campylopus introflexus  -
  • Campylopus pyriformis  -
  • Leucobryum candidum  -


Meteoriaceae
  • Papillaria flavolimbata   -
  • Papillaria leuconeura  -


Mitteniaceae
  • Mittenia plumula  -


Orthodontiaceae
  • Leptotheca gaudichaudii var. gaudichaudii  -


Orthotrichaceae
  • Macromitrium exsertum  -
  • Macromitrium hemitrichodes  -


Plagiotheciaceae
  • Plagiothecium lamprostachys  -


Polytrichaceae
  • Pogonatum subulatum  -
  • Polytrichum commune  -


Pottiaceae
  • Barbula calycina  -


Pylaisiadelphaceae
  • Isopterygium albescens  -
  • Wijkia extenuata  -


Rhacocarpaceae
  • Rhacocarpus purpurascens  -


Rhizogoniaceae
  • Pyrrhobryum paramattense  -


Sphagnaceae
  • Sphagnum falcatulum  -


Thuidiaceae
  • Thuidiopsis sparsa  -


Trachylomataceae
  • Trachyloma planifolium  -






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