At A Glance: Wisconsin Moss

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All of these photographs of Wisconsin native moss species are courtesy of Lauren Hanson. Thanks, Lauren.

Tags: lichens, moss, native mosses, native Wisconsin mosses, woodland mosses

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One Response to “At A Glance: Wisconsin Moss”

dave bockman says:

February 6, 2010 at 11:12 am

Just lovely, I am an aficionado of cryptogams and love seeing them/utilizing them in designs. There is a charming older book on mosses I will endorse, ‘Mosses With a Handlens’, by A. J. Grout. The full title makes me laugh, ‘Mosses With a Handlens: A Non-technical Handbook Of The More Common And More Easily Recognized Mosses Of The Northeastern United States’ (1905)

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