The Forest Carpet: New Zealand's Little-noticed Forest Plants : Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts, Hornworts, Fork-ferns, and Lycopods |
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absorb algae algal cells archegoniophore asexually blue-green botanists called calyptra capsules chlorophyll Cladia Cladonia close-up colour creatures cushions cyanobacterium cyphellae Dicranoloma elaters forest carpet fork-ferns fungal fungal partner fungi fungus gametophyte gemmae germinate habit hand-lens heavy metals higher plants hornworts hyphae insects inside leaf cells leafy liverworts leaves Lepidozia concinna lichen partners lichen substances lichens lichens grow living Lycopodium Lycopodium scariosum lycopods Marchantia berteroana Marchantia foliacea Marchantia sp microscope view midrib Monoclea Monoclea forsteri named Pseudocyphellaria Nostoc oil bodies peristome peristome teeth phloem photosynthetic pigments Placopsis polarizing optics Polytrichum Polytrichum juniperinum predators produce propagules protonema pseudocyphellae rain raindrops rock shedding spores singular soil soredia species sperm sperm and eggs sphagnum splash-cups splash-surfaces sporangium spore-bodies spore-capsules spore-sacs spores sporophytes stalks Sticta filix survive thallose liverworts thallus throughout New Zealand tips tissues Tmesipteris trap sunlight trees trunks underside upper surface wind Xanthoria ligulata xylem xylem and phloem Zealand