John Serrao , during the Carboniferous Period, or "Coal Age," the small evergreen plants known today as club mosses grew as much as 100 feet tall. They flourished in steamy jungles and were probably ...

"Do you sell moss?" I sometimes get asked this question by customers, some of whom are after the kind of moss one finds growing on rocks in damp forests, for their use in terrariums. I have to explain ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The other night I had a dream of princess pine, the clubmoss that looks like ...

In Mexico’s rainforests, club mosses – fern-like plants that resemble the branches of pine trees – are in trouble. A team of researchers, from the University of Veracruz in Mexico, examined 173 ...

Common names of plants can be deceptive. For most people, this is not really an issue, but for the few uptight, botanical know-it-alls among us, common names can be a little annoying. We find it ...