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…
So, this was very cool. When I found this moss I knew I’d seen pictures of something similar before. When…
This is another of that handful of mosses that I thought I could identify from a standing position, but in…
Moss identification is kicking my butt. It’s hard enough trying to learn all of these new terms and structures. But…
This is the other common Neckera of our mesic forests, often forming large and dense mats on trees. It is…