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Emerald Moor Moss

Moss type: Moss

This gray-green moss is commonly found blanketing small areas In moorlands, In rainforests, and On trees.
It is large, growing up to 10 inches (25 cm) tall. It forms in large clumps and they spread and grow quickly, and is slightly tough.
When mature, emerald kidney-shaped capsules grow at the end of short, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the mid-summer to release hundred of spores; it can cause allergic reactions.

It can grow in even the most barren lands.
It has impressive regenerative properties.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like