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).
