OTHER COMMON MOSSES 



a small tree moss? There is an underground stem. 

 The stems spring from this. See how naked they look 

 imtil the top is reached. Here the leaves form a ro- 

 sette from the center of which grows the cluster of cap- 

 sules. This plant is quite common, and forms large 



The Urn Moss. 



Giant Bryum Moss. 



mats on rocks or old rotten logs, or at the foot of trees 

 where the soil is rich. 



Many of our mosses are like some twin boys whom 

 we once knew. They were so much alike that few per- 

 sons could tell one from the other. One day a friend 

 said to one of them, ^^I don't see how j^ou two boys can 

 tell yourselves apart." He replied very quickly, ''Why, 

 when I see Johnny coming then I know I'm Jimmy." 

 When we know what a moss is not, it sometimes helps 

 us to find out what it is. 



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