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Moss

Moss

Description:

Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed of simple leavesthat are generally only one cell thick, attached to a stem that may be branched or unbranched and has only a limited role in conducting water and nutrients. Although some species have conducting tissues, these are generally poorly developed and structurally different from similar tissue found in vascular plants.[3] Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores. They are typically 0.2–10 cm (0.1–3.9 in) tall, though some species are much larger. Dawsonia, the tallest moss in the world, can grow to 50 cm (20 in) in height.

Habitat:

A few different moss types found growing on rocks in my flower garden & growing among the grass in my yard.

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1 Comment

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 7 years ago

Nice lil lichens growing in there too!! I love living in the woods!!
:)

SarahWhitt
Spotted by
SarahWhitt

Ohio, USA

Spotted on Apr 4, 2017
Submitted on Apr 7, 2017

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