About Mossbank

Mossbank is a small, independent field guide to the bryophytes, written for anyone who has ever crouched down to look closely at the green stuff on a wall.

It started, as these things do, with noticing. Once you see one moss properly you start seeing all of them, and it turns out the soft green carpet you walked past for years is a whole quiet kingdom: older than the dinosaurs, living without roots, surviving drought by switching itself off, and holding more of the world together than its size suggests.

The aim here is plain and practical. What is moss, which ones will you meet, how do you grow it, what is it good for. No jargon for its own sake, and British names alongside the Latin so you can actually use them.

The photographs are from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licences, credited in the footer. The words are licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, free to share and adapt non-commercially with credit. Corrections and additions are welcome.

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