5 types of moss . When you think of growing moss, your mind likely goes to some common types of moss that crop up in shady, damp areas.Well, there's a lot more moss can offer than you might expect ...

The mosses evolved (over 400 million years ago!!) before flowering plants, one of the earliest types of plants to colonize the land. Mosses have both sexual (gametophyte) and asexual (sporophyte ...

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

This April 2, 2019, photo provided by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, IL, shows moss growing at the base of a tree at Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve in Monee, IL.

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), totally unrelated to true mosses, is actually a bromeliad and thus kin to pineapple plants. This species — native from the Carolinas deep into South America ...

Spanish moss is a "very opportunistic" plant in that its seeds can simply blow onto tree branches, germinate and grow into long, gray strands. It's random where it finds a host.

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what ...

This April 2, 2019, photo provided by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, IL, shows moss growing at the base of a tree at Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve in Monee, IL.

Should you worry about lichens, moss, algae on trees? January 18, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. by JESSICA DAMIANO / Associated Press ...