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Sunshine Moss

Moss type: Moss

This yellow moss is commonly found blanketing giant areas In damp forests.
It is modest-sized, growing up to 4 inches (10 cm) tall. It forms in thin clumps, and is extremely delicate.
When mature, emerald heart-shaped capsules grow at the end of short, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the late summer to release hundred of spores; it does not cause any allergic reactions.

All of it is said to be part of one single, massive plant.
It is suitable for making paper
The leaves are bitter, but very healthy.
It makes a distinctive sound when the wind blows through it.
It aggressively steals nutrients from other large plants (but not each other).