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Thuidiopsis furfurosa, furry thuidium, is a feathery fern moss from southern Australia, New Zealand and nearby southern islands, usually found in cool, moist, shaded places. It is a wild moss rather than a cultivated garden plant, and it needs consistently damp, shaded conditions to thrive.
Thuidiopsis furfurosa, commonly known as furry thuidium, is a wide-ranging fern moss of the order Hypnales found in southern Australia, New Zealand, and a number of southern Oceania islands as far south as Macquarie Island.
Thuidiopsis furfurosa exhibits a wide-ranging distribution, being found in various regions across Australia, including southern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Tasmania. It is widespread across most areas of New Zealand, it is also present on Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island, the Society Islands, Juan Fernandez Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, and possibly in peninsular India. This moss typically inhabits moist shaded environments such as wet eucalypt (sclerophyll) forests, woodlands, rainforests, swamps, subalpine grasslands, and alongside creeks and streams. Occasionally, it forms large patches in grasslands and light bush, demonstrating its ability to adapt to a number environments and elevations, spanning from sea level to within the alpine zone with recorded occurrences up to approximately 1,600 meters (5,200 ft) above sea level in Victoria.
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