what does tinder moss look like and where does it grow?
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its my understanding that tnddr moss is that white dry scaly stuff that grows on dead trees, but I could be wrong
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I think you need a horticulturist to take care of the fungus you are growing there.\n\nTerry
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They are non-vascular "plants" and do not have a water transport system or the physical structure to support a much larger-sized body. \n\nMosses are also generally small but can be more robust -- the tallest known moss, Dawsonia superba of New Zealand, can grow to a height of 50cm (around 20 inches!)
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Depends on where you were in the coast redwood forest. If you were further north (Humboldt or Del Norte Co) I'd say it was likely an evergreen huckleberry (to 12' tall, usually 6'). How big were the leaves? (about 1", huckleberry) Were they pointed? If they were scented, narrow (1" across), long (3-8"), and pointed it may be bay (more of a tree--20-30'). If they were broader, as long, and rounded it's probably rhododendron. If you were further south the likely species might change a little.\nHere's a link to photos; they'll have other photos you can look at and you can search by habitat type too (but I wouldn't recommend it). Of course they're not blooming now, but oh well.
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There are a large variety that grow there. I would suggest getting a guidebook from the library. The Nation Audubon Societie's Field Guide to North American Mushrooms is a good one.
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The primary succession starts with bare rock, lichens grow on rocks, moss grows on lichens, grass grows on moss. \nThe secondary succession starts with an area that has been disturbed. Ex: abandoned farm, forest that has burned
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Hey I used to work for Home Depot in the Seasonal dept and we sold all kinds of stuff for residential ponds that people have Koi fish in and there is a moss control that we sold, now for the life of me I cant remember what it is called.  But you should be able to go in to your nearest HD and go into the seasonal department and ask an associate.  They will show the products available.  :)
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It's a fern, a non-flowering plant.
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Living in Canada and seeing MANY trees..the moss grows on the north side basically..certainly helps you keep direction while travelling through the deep woods.
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Hi again, spiderlover!  Thanks for your vote for my best answer.  You are very welcome.\n\nMy favorite flower is a Lady's Slipper.  A number of them grow each spring between the horse's pasture and the woods, just over the stone wall.  They are fragile, look like orchids, and I believe they are protected.
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Sphagnum is a genus of between 150-350 species of mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in peat bogs. Members of this genus can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; some species can hold up to 20 times their dry weight in water, which is why peat moss is commonly sold as a soil amendment. Peat moss can acidify its surroundings by taking up cations such as calcium and magnesium and releasing hydrogen ions.Individual peat moss plants consist of a main stem, with tightly arranged clusters of branch fascicles usually consisting of two or three spreading branches and two to four hanging branches. The branches are covered by ovate to lanceolate leaves called branch leaves. The top of the plant, or capitulum, has compact clusters of young branches. Along the stem are scattered leaves of various shape, named stem leaves; the shape varies according to species. The leaves consist of two kinds of cell; small, green, living cells (chlorophyllose cells), and large, clear, structural, dead cells (hyaline cells). The latter have the large water-holding capacity.\n\nSpores are released from specialized black, shiny capsules located at the tips of thin stalks. Sphagnum species also reproduce by fragmentation.\n\nPeat moss can be distinguished from other moss species by its unique branch clusters. The plant and stem color, the shape of the branch and stem leaves, and the shape of the green cells are all characteristics used to identify peat moss to species.\n\nPeat mosses occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere where different species dominate the bottom layer of peat bogs and moist tundra areas. The northernmost populations of peat moss lie in the archipelago of Svalbard, arctic Norway at 81° N.\n\nIn the Southern Hemisphere, the largest peat moss areas are in New Zealand, Tasmania, southernmost Chile and Peru, but contain comparatively few species. Many species are reported from mountainous, subtropical Brazil, but uncertainty exists regarding the specific status of many of them.\n\n\n[edit] Uses\nDecayed, compacted sphagnum moss has the name of peat moss. Peat moss can be used as a soil additive which increases the soil's capacity to hold water. This is often necessary when dealing with very sandy soil, or plants that need an increased moisture content to flourish. One such group of plants are the carnivorous plants, often found in wetlands (bogs for example). Dried sphagnum moss is also used in northern Arctic regions as an insulating material.\n\nAnaerobic acidic sphagnum bogs (mosses, Scottish) are known to preserve mammalian bodies extremely well for millennia. Examples of these preserved specimens are Tollund Man, Haraldskær Woman and Lindow Man. Such sphagnum bogs can also preserve human hair and clothing, one of the most noteworthy examples being Egtved Girl, Denmark.\n\n\nConservation\nThere is some question about the sustainability of large-scale Sphagnum harvesting. In particular, the extraction of large quantities of moss is a threat to raised bogs\n\n\nSpecies \nSphagnum affine\nSphagnum apiculatum\nSphagnum auriculatum\nSphagnum balticum\nSphagnum capillifolium\nSphagnum compactum\nSphagnum cuspidatum\nSphagnum cymbifolium\nSphagnum fallax\nSphagnum fuscum\nSphagnum girgensohnii\nSphagnum magellanicum\nSphagnum majus\nSphagnum molle\nSphagnum palustre\nSphagnum papillosum\nSphagnum platyphyllum\nSphagnum riparium\nSphagnum rubellum\nSphagnum russowii\nSphagnum squarrosum\nSphagnum subnitens\nSphagnum subsecundum\nSphagnum warnstorfii\nand many more
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Go with Moss... You may get lucky...
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Pretty much like an orchid. Probably green since they would need to utilise the sun as a source of energy, and having with hair that can absorb nutrients and water from the air.
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Could be a lot of things. What do the flowers and leaves look like? Or can you ask your friend, maybe?\nCould be a forsythia, a kerria, a broom, a flanelbush, an oregongrape, a hypericum, or a rose. Or a lot of other things. Hopefully it's a flanelbush (fremontodendron).
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The count is difficult, since you don't say what do you mean by plants. Not joking.\nIn botany fungi aren't plants, nor mosses, neither algae.\nThe term plant is scientifically restricted to eucariontic life forms that process their own food from sun light, CO2 and water, live on land (mainly), but WITH  a VASCULAR SYSTEM well developed.\nso, please narrow your question, or expand it, anyway a pleasure to discuss this topics, TKS!
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i dont know what BioGeek is talking about but as far as i know phylum bryophyta refers to mosses\n\nBryophytes used to be classified as three classes of a single phylum, Bryophyta. Modern texts, however, now assign each class to its own phylum: Mosses (Bryophyta), Liverworts (Hepatophyta), and Hornworts (Anthoceraphyta). This reflects the current taxonomic wisdom that the Liverworts and Hornworts are more primitive and only distantly related to Mosses and other plants.
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All mosses have leaves and stems but not so with liverworts.  The stalks of liverworts are white or translucent and they are weak. In mosses the stems are green or brown in color and are stronger. The rhizoids (the roots) of liverworts are single cell structures while mosses are mufti cellular.Liverwort spore capsules open along 4 valves with mosses the capsules open at the end. This is just a few differences but I hope it helps you.