Golden-crowned kinglet is a tiny song bird with black and yellow stripes on its head. It is perfect on moss on the vertical surface of a tree. The bird is looking to the right.
Golden-crowned kinglet perched on the side of a mossy tree #yellow #birdoftheday #nature #photography #PNW #moss #birds
A small cluster of Capillary Threadmoss (Bryum capillare), a bryophyte, grows from a crevice in a rough, pale limestone wall in Devon. Several slender reddish setae (spore stalks) rise upward from the moss cushion, each around 1–2 cm tall. At the tips, elongated green capsules hang slightly inclined. Several are covered by an orange cap (calyptra), indicating developing sporophytes; the capsules are smooth and slightly tapered. At the base, the moss forms a dense, bright green cushion of short upright shoots. The leaves are approximately 2–3 mm long, tear-drop shaped with a fine hairpoint (awn). Some shoots show a slight corkscrew twist. To the left, leaves of Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) emerge from the rock crevice, their soft green contrasting with the fine vertical lines of the moss sporophytes. A frond of Rustyback fern (Asplenium ceterach) provides additional scale. The rock surface is textured and weathered, with patches of yellow lichen scattered across it. The background falls into soft blur, suggesting a shaded, sheltered wall habitat.
A lovely little colony of Capillary Threadmoss (Bryum capillare).
On our Village Hall garden wall, Devon.
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#moss #bryophyte
barren branches boast thick moss on every tree in this frame...they dance together in the red dirt earth
"You know it is an illusion, but you see it happen; you feel it happen, you enjoy believing it. There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."
-Edwin Denby
#Image&Verse #quotes #nature #shakeyourbooty #photography #moss #lifeisbeautiful #allshewantstodoisdance
Spanish moss, in a Savanah cemetery
Spanish Moss, Savanah GA, 2015
#photography #cemetery #moss #myphoto 📷
A dense tuft of Brook-side Feathermoss (Hygroamblystegium fluviatile) fills the right side of the image, growing over a dark, damp rock surface. The shoots form a loose but layered mat, branching irregularly and overlapping. Individual shoots are around 1–1.5 cm long, with leaves approximately 1 mm in length. The leaves are ovate to lance-shaped, concave, and arranged along the stems in a slightly spreading pattern, giving the moss a softly feathery appearance. The colour ranges from bright green to green-gold, with the tips catching the light and appearing more vivid, while the lower layers sit in shadow. The surface appears moist, and the structure of the mat suggests it is adapted to hold water as it creeps over the rock. The background falls away into soft blur, hinting at the surrounding streamside habitat.
A sloping limestone rock runs diagonally from lower left to upper right, its surface dark and wet with a thin sheen of water. Across it spreads bright green to green-gold Brook-side Feathermoss (Hygroamblystegium fluviatile), a bryophyte forming a soft, continuous mat. Several slender reddish setae (spore stalks) rise vertically from the moss near the centre, each approximately 2 cm tall, with small developing capsules at their tips. The shoots creep along the rock surface, branching loosely and overlapping to hold moisture. To the left, a smaller, tighter patch of the same moss forms a low cushion over another small rock. Among the mat are a few tiny round leaves of Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum), adding contrast in form. Above, a dry brown oak leaf rests on the rock. Behind it, the woodland floor recedes into soft focus: dark soil, leaf litter, and hints of ferns. The scene sits in a damp, shaded streamside habitat where water periodically flows over the rock. The oak leaf provides scale: individual moss leaves are around 1 mm long, and the shoots approximately 1.5 cm in length.
I think this is Brook-side Feathermoss (Hygroamblystegium fluviatile) growing on limestone rock beside a small stream.
Described by some as drab, to me it glowed green-gold in the afternoon sun.
#moss #bryophyte
“Underrated…” • A Little Patch of Lichens & Moss
#photography #closeup #macro #lichen #moss #bryophytes #lichens #nature #naturephotography #closeupphotography #macrophotography
A vertical macro photograph focusing on a cluster of green moss with tall, thin sporophytes rising upwards. The sporophytes have orange-brown tips and are covered in tiny, clear water droplets that catch the light. The foreground is filled with soft, out-of-focus green moss, while the background is a smooth, blurry bokeh of grey and blue tones. The lighting is soft and natural, emphasizing the delicate textures of the moss and the droplets.
a slightly zoomed-out "fish eye" view of a towering moss-covered tree with sun just behind it, with massive branches curving in an almost figure-8 pattern, vaguely resembling a nebula in my own fevered imagination
#SilentSunday
#Mosstodon #Moss #Trees #NaturePhotography #PNW
A vertical shot of a narrow, muddy walking path winding through a dense, ethereal forest. The trees are thin and tall, completely draped in thick, shaggy light-green moss and hanging lichen that glows in the soft, filtered sunlight. The ground is a vibrant carpet of lime-green moss. Darker, leafless branches frame the top of the image, creating a sense of being deep within a secluded, magical woodland. The atmosphere is quiet, damp, and ancient.
I felt like I’d stepped straight into a storybook. Carrickbyrne Hill, County Wexford.
#photography #EastCoastKin #TeamPixel #Ireland #WildIreland #Woodland #NaturePhotography #Moss #ForestBathing #Hiking #Green
Community of communities. #Moss and #Lichen (fungus and alga) #RachelCarsonNWR #Wells #Maine 3/26 #Sony a6700 #Sigma 16-300 @ 161mm eq.fov Aperture #macro mods. #Photomator #nature #closeup #Point’nShootNature
Close up moss hanging from a tree stem with rain droplets on it
Wet moss. I like going to the forest in the rain.
#moss #naturephotography
Since our short video on dealing with moss in the lawn went viral, we had a long discussion about moss' up and downsides for the Pots and Trowels Gardening podcast
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#gardening #moss #GardeningPodcast #podcast #climate #LawnCare
Sunlight filters through a dense canopy of twisted, leafless trees onto a forest floor covered in moss-draped boulders and an old stone boundary wall.
#SilentSunday
#Cymru #Wales #NorthWales #Eryri #Snowdonia #Forest #woodland #woodlands #moss #mossy #MossyForest #nature #Natur #landscape #Landschaft #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography
Mossy rocks in a forest stream with tall trees
By: Holly Landkammer
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🌎 Washington, USA
📸 NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON D850
24.0mm ƒ/2.8
1/640s
ISO 320
#forest #waterfall #river #moss #naturalBeauty #nationalPark #pacificNorthwest #wilderness
Brown leaves cover the ground before a stone wall carpeted in thick bright green moss as Spring gets underway.
The moss awakes. A stone wall is alive with bright green moss in early Spring. #moss #nature #ohio
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A single stem of trumpet shaped blue lichen in a small patch of fresh green moss.
The forest is a different kind of loud while also simultaneously being quiet
#forest #woods #pnw #moss
A hawthorne twig carrying moss and lichen and positively dripping with moisture
Hedge life 🌱
#HotStickSaturday #Moss #Lichen #GreenSat #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #MacroPhotography
A mossy pool in the mountains above Vancouver. The water is shallow so this is a seasonal (spring) pond. The rocks in the foreground are covered in moss. Further away, sapling deciduous trees, some evergreens, a large tree trunk, sword ferns.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh))
#rainforest #botany #forest #moss #ferns
The joy of #moss! #RachelCarsonNWR #Wells #Maine 3/28 #Sony a6700 #Sigma 16-300 @ 83mm eq.fov Aperture program #macro mods. (f22) Processed in Photomator. #nature #closeup #Point’nShootNature
Photo of the flaring base of a tree covered with green bryophytes. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Lest you think epiphytes are found only in the tropics, look to the bryophytes. Mosses & liverworts survive drought by drying without dying. They can shrivel up on dry days but resurrect in the next rain. #bryophyte #moss #liverwort #epiphyte #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Please enjoy the beauty and solitude of the Sol Duc area with me for a moment. 🧘🏻♀️
#OlympicNationalPark #Waterfalls #Forest #Nature #Moss #SerenityNow #Washington #Scape
Wow Graham!! 🤩
Even on overcast days,the woods are alive with greenery. Bluebells begin to surge through their leafy cover & the trees are coming alive too,with light green leaves.Then there is the moss, moss persists.
#ColorADay #GreenSat #Moss #Trees #Bluebells #Woodland #NaturePhotography #ECK
