A Year of Moss: Weeks 5-7

 A Year of Moss, Week 5:

I spent the past two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, where there is ALL THE MOSS. Look at how pretty it is! It often grows up to an inch thick, covering entire trees, sprouting ferns. This is due to a milder climate and nine months of fairly steady rain/mist.

A Year of Moss: Week 4

Moss frozen solid after a freezing rain in the Portland metro area

 You'll notice that even after cold temperatures, a lot of moss stays green and healthy-looking. How does moss survive the cold? 

A Year of Moss: Week 3

 Moss likes to grow between bricks, as I discovered when moss-hunting in historic St. Charles this past week. Moisture pools there and keeps the moss damp, even when it hasn't rained in a while. Have you been able to get out moss-hunting this week?

A Year of Moss: Week 2

 What is moss? This was the question I had to sheepishly Google when I was starting this project. It is a plant— and most of what we call "moss" is actually a collection of hundreds or thousands of tiny moss plants, working together to conserve moisture and stay fixed to whatever surface they're growing on.

A Year of Moss: Welcome!

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