Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Dicranaceae
Genus: Dicranoloma
The moss of the genus: Dicranoloma is reconizedby their glossy narrow falcate tapering leaves forming grass like mats on the floors and trunks of beech/podocarp forest of New Zealand.
There are 10 species recognized in New Zealand and some have to be identified with a microscope as some species are so vaiable...
Photo is of Dicranoloma menziesii
