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Bronze Moss

Moss type: Moss

This bronze moss is commonly found blanketing medium-sized areas In rainforests, In damp forests, and In bogs.
It is large, growing up to 9 inches (23 cm) tall. It forms in thin clumps and they are slow to spread and grow, and is extremely frail.
When mature, emerald triangular capsules grow at the end of elongated, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the early summer to release hundred of spores; it can cause allergic reactions.

It is suitable for use as a construction material
It is excellent at collecting and storing carbon dioxide
It is often home to a particular bird species.