Category: Moss
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Moss Workshop Support based on an earlier JOCO Master Naturalists Moss Workshop
Resources and suggestions for identifying your moss It is always difficult to suggest the most effective or optimal path to moss identification for someone just getting started. I started down this path a few years ago and I still consider myself a bryophyte neophyte. I have quite a bit of empathy for folks who are…
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Spring Annual Mosses
Weissia controversa from Woodson County with sporophytes in a managed burned oak woodland. This is one of four articles on Kansas mosses that first appeared in the Kansas Native Plant Society’s Newsletter, vol. 45, Number 2. Early spring is a special time in Kansas with chorus frogs calling, woodcock flight displays at dusk, and Draba…
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Kansas Tree Skirt Mosses
A hydrated mat of Anomodon minor growing at the base of an oak in the early spring after a rain. This is one of four articles on Kansas mosses that first appeared in the Kansas Native Plant Society’s Newsletter, vol. 45, Number 1. On a rainy day three winters ago I went looking for the…
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Enticing Entodon
An old oak log covered with Entodon with thousands of sporophytes in the early spring. This is one of four articles on Kansas mosses that first appeared in the Kansas Native Plant Society’s Newsletter, vol. 44, Number 3. Throughout the woodlands in the eastern half of Kansas (or further west along streams) you’ll likely find…
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An Introduction to Kansas Mossing
An outstanding mat of Baby Tooth Moss in April with capsules just starting to mature. Lawrence Nature Park, Lawrence, KS photo: Brad Williamson This is one of four articles on Kansas mosses that first appeared in the Kansas Native Plant Society’s Newsletter, vol. 44, Number 2. Baby Tooth Moss The unexpected beauty of a winter…
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