This is why you find some in the cracks in the city sidewalk, on decaying logs in woodlands, on stone walls ... species of moss. You need only find a leaking gutter or a dripping faucet.

moss colonies create dripping, living sponges that hold on tight and drink calciferous water straight from the stone. Over time, this mix of moss and mineral will itself turn into travertine marble.

Festoons of pearly gray dripping from majestic oaks. The symbol of the South swaying silver in the breeze. Or for you is Spanish moss a parasitic killer crawling with voracious insects ...