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Gray-green Glowfern

Moss type: Moss

This gray-green moss is commonly found growing in medium-sized clumps In damp forests, On trees, and In bogs.
It is short, growing up to 2 inches (5 cm) tall. It forms in sparse patches and they spread and grow quickly, and is overwhelmingly rigid.
When mature, emerald cylindrical capsules grow at the end of short, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the mid-autumn to release hundred of spores.

It is bio-luminescent.
A particular bird species likes to nest in it.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like