''Pyrrhobryum parramattense'' is a
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
found in very moist situations in
Australia
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,
Norfolk Island
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and
New Zealand
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. Parramatta Moss is a large and luxuriant species, often seen in rainforests. Described from a sample collected near
Parramatta
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.
References
Rhizogoniaceae
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