New moss species discovery on Texel island

Warden Jitske Esselaar reports from Texel island in the Netherlands about moss research.

Ceres is a small meadow nature reserve close to the Wadden Sea.

During research in Ceres, 31 moss species were found. They included common species, like green silk moss. And rare species, like crisped fork-moss.

One Ceres species was new for Texel: Dicranella varia.

More Texel mosses: here.

Without oxygen from ancient moss you wouldn’t be alive today: here.

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