{"id":350646,"date":"2025-11-25T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350646"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:54:04","slug":"moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/moss\/","title":{"rendered":"Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> A study found that moss spores survived nine months in low-orbit space outside the International Space Station (ISS), with over 80% able to reproduce back on Earth.<\/p>\n<h2>About Moss<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350647\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-350647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia-1.jpg?resize=319%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moss\" width=\"319\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia-1.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C773&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia-1.jpg?resize=768%2C580&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia-1.jpg?w=1156&amp;ssl=1 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moss<\/strong> is a <strong>small<\/strong> <strong>non vascular <\/strong>plant\u00a0known for its <strong>high resilience on earth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It belong to taxonomic division <strong>Bryophyta (bryophytes).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>P<\/strong><strong>ioneering species<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> It is among the <strong>earliest land plants<\/strong> and has colonised some of the <strong>harshest environments<\/strong> on the planet, including Antarctica, volcanic fields, and deserts.\n<ul>\n<li>One of the most well-known cave mosses is <em>Schistostega pennata<\/em>, also <strong>known as dragon&#8217;s gold, which shines an emerald green colour.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution: <\/strong>Mosses are <strong>distributed throughout the world<\/strong> except in <strong>salt water<\/strong> and are commonly found in <strong>moist shady locations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental significance of Moss <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mosses function like <strong>natural sponges<\/strong>, absorbing rainfall and <strong>maintaining soil moisture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>stabilise disturbed soil surfaces<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>By <strong>regulating ground temperature<\/strong>, they <strong>protect roots<\/strong> in hot areas and slow ice thawing in cold regions.<\/li>\n<li>Mosses enable <strong>formation of new ecosystems<\/strong>, especially in harsh environments.<\/li>\n<li>Their microhabitats support <strong>biodiversity<\/strong>, providing shelter and protection to <strong>various small organisms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Mosses are widely used as <strong>bioindicators<\/strong> of <strong>air pollution<\/strong>, especially for heavy metals, nitrogen compounds and acidic deposition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A study found that moss spores survived nine months in low-orbit space outside the International Space Station (ISS), with over 80% able to reproduce back on Earth. About Moss Moss is a small non vascular plant\u00a0known for its high resilience on earth. It belong to taxonomic division Bryophyta (bryophytes). Pioneering species: It is among&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/moss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moss<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}