Syrrhopodon armatus
Common name
Moss
Family
Calymperaceae
Flora category
Non-vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Mosses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
SYRARM
Conservation status
Not applicable
Distribution
Indigenous. Kermadec Islands: Raoul Island, Dayrell Island. New Zealand: North Island (Te Paki to Pauanui) and Chatham Islands (Rekohu and Rabbit Islands)
Habitat
Saxicolous, corticolous or rarely terricolous. Coastal. Usually on the shaded trunks or root mats of pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa and M. kermadecensis), near the base of tree fern trunks or on rotting Astelia bases. Also on shaded rock. Sometimes on shaded soil especially near petrel or shearwater burrows on offshore islands
Detailed description
Plants small, pale white- or brown-green, forming tufts or sparse turves. Stems simple or sparsely forked, from
Flowering
N.A. - spore producing
Fruiting
N.A. - spore producing
Etymology
armatus: Equipped, armed
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared for NZPCN by P.J. de Lange 1 July 2011.
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Syrrhopodon armatus Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/syrrhopodon-armatus/ (Date website was queried)