moss, hay (beard stick) and tree fern (fern trunks). Not remove them. Do not sell. Do not buy them. MEXICO
Christmas and the importance of environmental mosses Friday, December 17, 2010
Milena Velba Reading On Couch
Author: Francisco Aguirre
TAKEN FROM: JOURNAL LINKING
http://vinculando.org/ecologia/importancia_musgos_medio_ambiente_adornos_navidenos.html
many years is common to see some of the Christmas decorations are composed of moss, grass and other plants but did you know that this practice is contributing to environmental pollution and erosion?
What are mosses?
are distributed world-wide plants living in moist places or near water. They are among the first organisms to colonize the rocks, then modify them to grow on its surface, forming a substrate that can embed other larger plants.
is common to find a way to carpets in humid forests, but also grow on the branches and trunks of all trees and are part of an extensive division of plants comprising more than 20 000 species worldwide, called Biofit (mosses, ferns, lichens, etc.).
Moss Benefits to the ecosystem
Mosses and other bryophytes play an essential role in ecosystems, because:
- is able to retain up to 20 times its weight in water, absorbing excess water during rain and releasing it slowly in the dry season .
- intercept, absorb and retain dissolved minerals in rain waters, allowing the incorporation of these in the ecosystem and reducing washing into rivers and seas.
- Mosses home and provide protection to a number of small animals, especially invertebrates such as insects, spiders, rotifers, nematodes, molluscs and annelids.
- They serve as nesting material for many birds and small mammals such as the hummingbird ( Sephanoidesgaleritus ). Protect
moss, hay (beard stick) and tree ferns (in fern stems). not remove them. Do not sell. Do not buy them.
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