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Moss is weird, dude (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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I find it fascinating, but also a little unsettling, that I can moss leaves are one cell thick but I can still see them with the naked eye.

There's a whole world down there, that i never really thought about until a week ago.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen a moss like this, but apparently it's a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiomnium_affine

I thought one of the characteristic features of moss was that it didn't have vascular stems.

[–] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah HA, you've fallen for the same trap i did. The veins in leaves are actually described as "vein-like" and are purely structural. Likewise, the stems are structural, mosses are non-vascular

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

You learn something new every day!