Researchers learned that through photosynthesis, mosses sequester around 6.43 billion metric tons more carbon into the soil than what is stored in bare patches of soil without any plants.

Moss floor. Kyoto. About 2000. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) . Getty Images. Ask most gardeners what they think of moss and the chances are you will get a string of expletives in return.

Mosses grow on all kinds of substrates, including bare rock. Some have a preference for granite, sandstone or serpentine. A couple of rarities occur only on copper outcrops in the Sierra foothills.

Antarctic moss. Reuters. Antarctic mosses are extremophiles, the only plants that can survive the continent's frigid winters. They live in a frozen desert where life-sustaining water is mostly ...

Moss is the tiny superstar of the plant world that not only looks great but also plays an important number of roles. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening ...

The world’s oldest moss has seen four mass extinctions — but may not survive climate change. The genus Takakia has the highest number of fast-evolving genes of any moss, researchers report ...

In doing so, they found evidence that, since the 1980s, growth rates among mosses in a region known as the Windmill Islands have slowed. The likely culprit: drying caused by stronger winds, which ...

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Mosses, along with liverworts and hornworts, form a group of plants called bryophytes, with more than 16,000 species known worldwide. Their bizarre life cycle and sliding sexuality make them ideal ...

Mosses were among the first plants to colonize land over 400 million years ago, but they never really left the water behind. Unlike seed plants, mosses (as well as ferns and liverworts) don?t ...