SUNY ESF Video Introduction to Mosses

Here is a nice video about the basics of mosses and a way to use buttermilk or stale beer to grown them in your backyard. It runs about 2 minutes and features interpretive naturalist Rob...

Follow a Bryological Expedition to Cape Horn

Bill Buck, from The New York Botanical Garden, is on a bryophyte collecting trip to the islands off Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America, with colleagues that include Jim Shevock, Blanka Shaw, and Juan Larraín. An excerpt from his most recent blog post...

The Cheetah of Mosses

Not noted for their speed and agility, the individuals in this species of peat moss are “the most genetically uniform widespread group of plants known.” It turns out that each individual Sphagnum subnitens in northwestern North America is genetically...

Andrews Moss Foray Announced

From Keith Bowman at Syracuse Univerisity – I am happy to announce this year’s Andrews Foray.  It will be held in upstate New York around Syracuse.  The details are listed on the website which can be found at the following link....