Are Mnium Granite Mosses. Brigham young university provo utah. They are best known for those species that carpet woodland and forest floors. There is no exposed rock but occasionally granite boulders occur while the ele vation above sea level is between i oo00 and i 200 feet.
Would have been great selective pressure to increase the number of spores released. The true mosses are the largest group with more than 9500 species with new species being discovered regularly.
From wildflower magazine summer 1986 issue vol.
They are best known for those species that carpet woodland and forest floors. The soil is for the most part sandy clay covered with a thin layer of humus. Would have been great selective pressure to increase the number of spores released. Ecologically mosses break down exposed substrata releasing nutrients for the use of more complex.