Mar 102014
 

Wandering down Piney Woods Church Road late this afternoon, I passed a driveway all aglow with moss sporophytes, with their globe-like capsules perched atop stalks, called seta, reaching high above the leafy gametophytes.  (That sentence, I realize, begs a lesson in the moss life cycle, but I will instead refer curious readers here.)   The yellow-green of this sporophyte carpet betokens the impending arrival of spring (although not before another cold spell visits the region this Wednesday).

Sporophytes

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