mossy

moss | American Dictionary

moss
noun[ U ]
us/mɔs/
a small green or yellow plant that grows esp. in wet earth or on rocks, walls, and tree trunks

Examples of moss

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However, a few mosses were found in 2003 and further collections during the summer time may perhaps result in more finds of land plants.
He loved collecting and classifying flowers and mosses.
There is moderate species richness in the mosses colonising buildings.
Our results are, however, consistent with the notion that mosses and liverworts strongly facilitate the establishment of seedlings of vascular epiphytes.
Many encyclopedic interests could be carried on in this way: growing ferns, mosses, or liverworts, for example.
The moss was burnt off the willow stocks and in some cases the heat discoloured and even damaged the bark of the stocks.
Oh you should see it, moss down one side where it's in the shade.
The four variables were: cover by higher plants, litter, moss and soil surface depressions, stratified towards the soil surface in that order.
Reduced litter loads and a greater quantity of moss were two key responses.
Non-vascular species were recorded within 95 sample plots and totalled 2 2 mosses, 66 liverworts and 4 6 macrolichens.
Gleysols are found only in relief depressions, in sags between ridges and/or under moss communities of dellies.
Also, moss clumps lose water slowly and are quickly rehydrated by rainfall.
Other contaminants should also be considered, especially aerosols and particulate accumulations in snow ablation zones and moss sites adjacent to the runway site.
Additional aphids were introduced to maintain numbers and water was added to the moss as required.
Many species of algae, lichens, mosses and ferns comprise the epiphytes and stranglers.
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