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J. Clayton

R. trichopllyus
R. Wells

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Rohan Wells; Trevor James, AgResearch

Endemic quillworts have spiky appearance, grow to 0.3 m tall, and reproduce by spores (see arrow) in the leaf base (Photo: Trevor James, AgResearch).
R. Wells

John Clayton samples a luxuriant carpet of bryophytes at 20 m depth in Lake Rotoroa, Nelson. (Photo: R. Wells)
R. Wells

Bryophyte community at 20-m depth in Lake Rotoroa. (Photo: R. Wells)
R. Wells

Mary de Winton retrieves a sample of bryophytes from 40- m depth in Lake Wakatipu. (Photo: R. Wells)
M. de Winton

Some moss species found deep within lakes, including one with minute, scale-like leaves. (Photos: M. de Winton).
J. Clayton

Streams draining to Lake Wakatipu had rich communities of bryophytes, one likely source of the deep-water assemblage (Photo: J. Clayton)
xtract from a guide for identifying charophytes in NZ waters
Scanning electron images of six Nitella species
Stained chromosomes from a charophyte cell
Rudd - Scardinius erythrophthalmus