Antique Prints-MOSS-SPORE-FLOWERS-Meyers-1900

Subject: Plate: Moose II (Laubmoose). (Moss II). On the rear of this sheet Moss III. This plate shows different kinds of Moss, Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm (0.4-4 in) tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems. At certain times mosses produce spore capsules which may appear as beak-like capsules borne aloft on thin stalks Flowers and Spore.