Journal

OUTSIDE

March and early April, the cold rain seems like it will never end, and the city looks especially grey.

Species/contents:
Thuidium (fern moss)
Dicranum (rock cap moss)
Leucobryum (cushion moss)
Polytrichum (haircap moss)
Various other moss types in smaller amounts
Woodland plants
Insects, microorganisms- beetles, flies, ants, moths
Humans
Stones, soil, peat, sand

A few moss characteristics:
Being a non-vascular plant, moss is more similar to green algae than to plants such as trees and shrubs. Without a method of transporting water up from the soil, the moss needs a damp climate in order to photosynthesize and grow. When the moss dries out, it does not die. It simply goes dormant until water returns. Without adequate moisture the moss will shrink back, lose its green, and cease growing. Mosses also need water in order to reproduce.

Moss uses for humans:
To bind a wound
To insulate or keep warm
As a pillow
As an indicator of pollution