Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Sclerodontium (Dicranaceae)
       
In Tasmania, Sclerodontium is represented by a single species, S. pallidum ssp. pallidum. This species was previously called Dicnemoloma pallidum.

S. pallidum is a mat or clump forming moss of rock outcrops. The shoots are greyish-green to yellow-green. The leaves are undulate and inrolled towards the center, thereby exposing the golden-brown nerve on the leaf underside. The nerve extends beyond the apex into a hyaline hairpoint.

 
 
   
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