Dawsonia superba
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| Dawsonia superba in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Polytrichopsida |
| Subclass: | Polytrichidae |
| Order: | Polytrichales |
| Family: | Polytrichaceae |
| Genus: | Dawsonia |
| Species: | D. superba |
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Dawsonia superba Grev., 1847 |
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Dawsonia superba is a large moss, growing typically to 60 cm in height. It is the tallest self supporting moss in the world, but the vine Spiridens reinwardtii climbs to ten feet (3 meters). On Mount Kinabalu in Malaysian Borneo, Dawsonia supurba has been measured to forty inches (1 meter) in height.
Dawsonia superba may be the same as species as Dawsonia longifolia.
The species is commonly found in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea.
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