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Coral Moss

Moss type: Moss

This peach or gentle red moss is commonly found blanketing tiny areas In damp forests.
It is average-sized, growing up to 5 inches (13 cm) tall. It forms in small clumps and they are slow to spread and grow, and is very light.
When mature, emerald shield-shaped capsules grow at the end of long, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the late autumn to release dozens of spores.

It is possible to grow it from cuttings.
It is suitable for creating flexible, durable textiles
It usually houses a colony of beneficial insects.