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Name: sarah
Status: student
Grade: other
Location: FL
Country: N/A
Date: 8/28/2005
Question:
why does moss grow better in shade than in light?

Replies:
The following should be helpful:

http://bryophytes.science.oregonstate.edu/page3.htm

Anthony Brach Ph.D.

Moss requires a moist environment, too much sunlight dries out the immediate habitat so that moss does not survive.

J. Elliott


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