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NZ Plants
Ditrichum cylindricarpum
Family: Ditrichaceae
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Shoot
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Shoot, leaf detail
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Shoot, leaf bases
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Detached, dry leaf
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Young sporophyte with calyptra covering
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Mature sporophytes with capsules
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Mature capsule with peristome
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Capsule, peristome
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Ditrichum cylindricarpum is a small tufted plant with long yellowish-brown to pale green and narrow leaves. The sheathing leaf bases overlap with one another and each abruptly narrows to form a slender and grass-like leaf. Leaves become weakly twisted when dry. A species characterised by 2.5-5 mm long, cylindrical capsules.
Widespread in New Zealand on soil banks.
