There has been a big shakeup in the genus Orthotrichum in the last few years. It has been known for…
In early May, about 8 months after the initial conflagration, I made my first trip into the devastation wrought by…
When I first saw this patch of moss, at Oxbow Regional Park along the Sandy River, during my weekly hike…
The other day, while waiting in her courtyard for a very nice, older client to put on her sweater, I…
A couple years ago, on one of my first moss walks, the leader pointed out a moss and said it…
There are a couple of reasons why I’m going to discuss the comedy of errors surrounding my identification of this…
This is a very common moss in the forests of our region, and a fairly recognizable one, once you’ve identified…
I spent a good chunk of yesterday unsuccessfully trying to identify a moss I had thought would be relatively easy.…
When I wrote about Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus last month I mentioned that it added chaos to the texture of the forest…
Kindbergia oregana is a very common forest floor moss west of the Cascades in coniferous and mixed woodlands. It forms…