Notoligotrichum bellii
Common names
moss
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
This is the first complete assessment of all known species of mosses found in the wild in Aotearoa New Zealand with a total of 560 species being assessed. The conservation status of mosses, published in the NZTCS database, replaces all previous assessments of mosses. Data supporting the 2025 NZTCS assessment of mosses has been published on the NZTCS database at https://nztcs.org.nz/reports/1155.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2025 | At Risk – Uncommon | Qualifiers: DPS, DPT
Category
Non-vascular
Structural class
Mosses
Detailed description
Stout brown moss of wet ground. Stems up to 50 mm tall, simple. Leaves c.5 mm long, somewhat crisped and spreading when dry, erect-patent or spreading when moist, oblong from a slightly widened scarcely sheathing base, obtuse, concave, with margins undulate above, more or less convolute towards the apex and sharply and unequally serrate. Nerve failing below the apex or percurrent, variably toothed on the back above. Lamellae (thin plate or sheet like structures) lax, distant, sinuose, 30-40 (rarely more), comprising 2-3 rows of cells, straight or almost so in side view and with the terminal cell smooth or very faintly papillose. Cells of the widened base shortly rectangular above and lengthened below, not hyaline at the margin. Cells of the lamellate lamina in numerous rows (15 or more), 20-25 µm wide, subquadrate or transversely oval, variably incrassate. Seta c.15 mm tall, stout, curved. Capsule 4 mm long, turgidly ovoid, with a short neck, almost symmetrical; mouth wide and oblique. Peristome wanting.
Distribution
Endemic. South Island, Otago (Mt Cargill, Leith Valley), lakes Manapouri and Te Anau
Substrate details
Terricolous on damp, muddy ground - along stream margins and lake shorelines
Threats
Not threatened. However with a very localised distribution.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Psilopilum bellii Broth.
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Fruiting
Although fruit has been seen insufficient information exists to provide any details on the timing of fruiting
Other information
Previous conservation statuses
This is the first complete assessment of all known species of mosses found in the wild in Aotearoa New Zealand with a total of 560 species being assessed. The conservation status of mosses, published in the NZTCS database, replaces all previous assessments of mosses. Data supporting the 2025 NZTCS assessment of mosses has been published on the NZTCS database at https://nztcs.org.nz/reports/1155.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2014 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: RR
2010 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: RR
2005 | Range Restricted