Story: Mosses
Page 3. External links and sources
More links and websites
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Introduction to Mosses
This Landcare Research site gives information about mosses in New Zealand and further publications about moss research.
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Mosses of New Zealand
A brief introduction to the different types of New Zealand mosses and how to identify them.
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What is a Moss?
The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network describes the history and species information about moss and has a key to search all New Zealand mosses.
More suggestions and sources
- Beever, J., and others. The mosses of New Zealand. 2nd ed. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1992.
- Fife, A. J. ‘Checklist of the mosses of New Zealand.’ Bryologist 98 (1995): 313–337.
- Malcolm, Bill, and Nancy Malcolm. The forest carpet. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1989.
- Sainsbury, G .O. K. A handbook of the New Zealand mosses. Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand, 1955.
How to cite this page
Maggy Wassilieff, Mosses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/6948/sources (accessed 9 June 2026).
Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.