Summer Moss
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Summer Moss
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Fine Art
Description
A magical summer day pointing my camera upward against these soft and seemingly ancient boulders, along a magnificent blue as the sky lake. Added textures for interest and atmosphere. About moss: per Wikipedia: While mosses often grow on trees as epiphytes, they are never parasitic on the tree. Since moss gametophytes have no vascular system to transport water through the plant or waterproofing systems to prevent tissue water from evaporating, they must have a damp environment in which to grow, and a surrounding of liquid water to reproduce. Since mosses are autotrophic they require enough sunlight to conduct photosynthesis.[16] Shade tolerance varies by species, just as it does with higher plants. In most areas, mosses grow chiefly in areas of dampness and shade, such as wooded areas and at the edges of streams; but they can grow anywhere in cool damp cloudy climates, and some species are adapted to sunny, seasonally dry areas like alpine rocks or stabilized sand dunes.
Choice of substrate varies by species as well. Moss species can be classed as growing on: rocks, exposed mineral soil, disturbed soils, acid soil, calcareous soil, cliff seeps and waterfall spray areas, streamsides, shaded humusy soil, downed logs, burnt stumps, tree trunk bases, upper tree trunks, and tree branches or in bogs. Moss species growing on or under trees are often specific about the species of trees they grow on, such as preferring conifers to broadleaf trees, oaks to alders, or vice versa.
Mosses are also found in cracks between paving stones in damp city streets, and on roofs. Some species adapted to disturbed, sunny areas are well adapted to urban conditions and are commonly found in cities. Examples would be Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, a garden weed in Vancouver and Seattle areas; Bryum argenteum, the cosmopolitan sidewalk moss, and Ceratodon purpureus, red roof moss, another cosmopolitan species. A few species are wholly aquatic, such as Fontinalis antipyretica, common water moss; and others such as Sphagnum inhabit bogs, marshes and very slow-moving waterways.[4] Such aquatic or semi-aquatic mosses can greatly exceed the normal range of lengths seen in terrestrial mosses.
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Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the honor of a feature on the home page of your group Summer Moss! , Chrisann!
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Kathy, Congratulations on your Featured Image in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery !
Kathy Bassett
Great to have you back in the saddle, Randy! Thank you for the feature of Summer Moss in your most caring and hardworking group of artists- Cheers!
Randy Rosenberger
It is a true honor and privilege to FEATURE this creative and wondrous piece of art work on the WFS site, from one of our honored and prestigious members. This awesome piece of beauty is what we are looking for to promote and let others see, including other artists and potential customers, as your works are some of the Best of the Best in my Book! Thanks much for sharing this beauty with us. Liked Forever, Elvis