moss
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With dated production and too many songs that make a good first impression but fail to stick, “Steel Wheels” has gathered moss over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Carlini demonstrated how powerful Mythos can be one afternoon recently at Anthropic’s 10-story San Francisco headquarters, where moss walls, plants and artwork are designed to evoke the Pacific Coast Trail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"This moss has just exploded. In the 1930s, native mosses would have been growing here instead," Greiff explains.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
She shimmied the moss from her back, groaning with relief, then gestured with a wing toward Clare.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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"In heathlands like this one, native mosses have gone locally extinct or reduced significantly in their populations," he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
It says high levels of rainfall, alongside relatively mild temperatures all year round, provide the right environment for rare lichens and mosses.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
In 2025, he and several co-authors published another study examining the use of mosses and other bryophytes as evidence in criminal investigations.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
The Smokies harbor an astonishing range of plant life—over 1,500 types of wildflower, a thousand varieties of shrub, 530 mosses and lichen, 2,000 types of fungi.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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