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Mosses typically form dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed of simple leaves that 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.
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May 15, 2024 · Moss is a group of small nonvascular plants with about 12,000 species. Learn about their life cycle, distribution, ecological and economic importance, and how to distinguish them from other similar plants.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 23, 2023 · Moss comes in different textures, colors, and heights and is a must-have plant if you want to create a Japanese-style garden. It can also enliven water features, add color to rock walls, and fill in sloped landscapes that are difficult to mow.
Apr 29, 2022 · Moss gives a medieval, enchanted look to any landscape. Learn the right way to grow your own and transform your backyard into an English garden.
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- Cushion Moss. Scientific name: Leucobryum glaucum. Type: Acrocarpous. Color: Grayish-green leaves with dark brown stems at the base. Distribution: Eastern North America and Europe.
- Mood Moss. Scientific name: Dicranum scoparium. Type: Acrocarpous. Color: Dark green stems and leaves. Distribution: Native to North America. Characteristics: This species is also known as rock cap moss.
- Sheet Moss. Scientific name: Hypnum cupressiforme Type: Pleurocarpous. Color: Dark green to brown. Distribution: Found on every continent except Antarctica.
- Feather Moss. Scientific name: Hypnum imponens. Type: Pleurocarpous. Color: Leaves are lime green, but can vary between green and yellow. Distribution: Eastern US and Canada and northern Europe.
Feb 15, 2024 · Moss is a remarkable plant, thriving where other plants will not grow. Forming a dense mat of lush green, it is a useful ground cover for challenging situations in the backyard. Moss is typically found in moist, humid and shaded areas, such as in woodlands, carpeting the forest floor and growing over roots and rocks.
Jul 18, 2023 · Take a closer look at some of the prettiest, most interesting, and most common moss types that you might also find growing in your sidewalk, on your patio, among your flowers, or in the woods—or use this guide as inspiration to plant some moss if it's absent from your landscape.
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