Physcomitrella patens is our little model organism moss. It has recently had all of its DNA sequenced. Think the human genome project, but for moss... Comment - Like
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Nov 24, 2009, 8:57 pm
Charles Darwin's work On the Origin of Species is celebrating its 15oth birthday/publication-day today. A lot of news outlets are talking about the influence of this book on our scientific thinki... Comment - Like
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Nov 20, 2009, 5:41 pm
A Mossy Embrace
A fellow graduate student forwarded along this link to a BBC news page reporting on the results of a photo competition. The photo that won the student category is a pair of moss sporo... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 8:55 pm
Moving and Mossing
A couple of weekends ago I helped one of my grad student pals move into his new house. I arrived a little early and explored the moss diversity on the property. There was an old we... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 9:06 am
Blogging Pause
October has been a busy month for me with a trip to Virginia and juggling a number of projects here in the lab. All the balls are still in the air and I am feeling pretty good about th... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 11:23 am
Berry Go Round #20
The latest edition of the plant carnival Berry Go Round has been posted at Further Thoughts. Stop by to check out this month's plant posts from the blogosphere!
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Sep 26, 2009, 2:27 pm
2009 Andrew's Foray Continued
One of the sites we visited on the foray was a Cat Den Swamp. There really weren't any areas of open water and the area was dominated by Sphagnum (peat moss). Th... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2009, 8:43 am
Mosses on The Colbert Report
I saw an episode of the Colbert Report last night and moss landscaping/gardening was featured in one of the jokes. You know that things are becoming more popular when the... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2009, 3:05 pm
2009 Andrews Foray
I had a great time at the foray this past weekend! There were approximately 20 amateurs and professionals who came to study the lichens and mosses of northeastern Connecticut. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2009, 9:16 am
Moss Poetry
I have recently corresponded with Ruth Hill the author of the poem "The Tundra Terrarium" that I posted about back on April 30th of this year. We had a really great exchange and she had t... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2009, 12:51 pm
Mosses Featured at United States National Parks
I did a search recently because I was interested to see how many of our National Parks discuss or feature the mosses that live in the parks. Here are a... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2009, 3:02 pm
New Bryophyte Guide
I think that there is really a void when it comes to bryophyte field guides for amateurs. I have sent emails to both the Peterson's Field Guide company and the Finder guides s... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2009, 12:33 pm
Salt-Shaker Spore Dispersal
Mosses in the Polytrichaceae spread their spores in a really neat way. Shown here are Atrichum sporophytes. Another member of the family that I have blogged about is Polyt... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2009, 4:05 pm
Growing Mosses
I have received a number of emails over the past couple of months with questions about gardening with mosses outdoors. Most of my personal moss growing experience focuses on the plants... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 9:07 am
Berry Go Round #19
The latest edition of the plant carnival Berry Go Round has been posted at Quiche Moraine. Stop by to check out this month's plant posts from the blogosphere!
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Jul 13, 2009, 12:31 pm
Mosses on Science Friday
While doing some lab work today I was listening to a podcast of Science Friday from NPR. They mentioned a new web-video that had been posted about moss landscaping. I have po... Comment - Like
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Jul 5, 2009, 7:27 am
Berry Go Round #18
The latest edition of the plant carnival Berry Go Round has been posted at Foothills Fancies. This month's carnival focuses on both edible and un-edible plants!
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