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Lindbergia maritima is a small, slender New Zealand moss that forms dark green or brown mats on coastal rock. It is known from a single rocky coastal site near Piha, Auckland, and is critically threatened, so it is not a plant to collect or grow in cultivation.
Lindbergia maritima is a species of moss in the family Leskeaceae. The species is endemic to New Zealand, occurring at only a single rocky coastal location near Piha, in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.
The species is endemic to New Zealand, known from a single location at Piha in West Auckland on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The species grows exclusively on coastal andesite pebble breccia. The amount of L. maritima found at the site significantly decreased between the 1970s and 2000s, potentially due to increased westerly wave actions. This places the species at imminent threat of extinction.
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