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Moss Lessons are created by Jerry Jenkins to provide an educational tool used by individuals to broaden their knowledge of mosses, moss habitats and the unique characteristics of individual mosses for identification.
Moss Lesson 6 – Rich Fens
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, NY Moss lesson 6, about fertile peatland. Covering 27 species of…
Moss Lesson 5 – Sphagnums in the Field
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, N.Y. Moss Lesson 5 introduces Sphagnum the dominant moss of northern…
Moss Lesson 4 – Rocks in Woods
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, N.Y. Moss Lesson 4 is a long lesson about 36 mosses…
Moss Lesson 3 – Where Mosses Rule
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, N.Y. In boreal forests, unlike the temperate ones, they often form…
Moss Lesson 2 – The Coverups Invade
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, N.Y. Eight genera of Common Coverups lurk in the undergrowth of…
Moss Lesson 1 – Walking the Tracks
Jerry Jenkins, White Creek, N.Y. Seven mosses of stony impervious soils, with notes on identification,…

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