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Sprue posted:
I've read about people tossing moss in a blender, turning it into soup, then painting it onto rocks or concrete garden liners where it develops into a nice carpet. I live in a terminally dry xeric ecotype so I've never had luck with it, even transplants are hard enough to keep alive much less propagate. Apart from a few native cultivars I bought from a nursery out of desperation, I only grow wild plants I've collected, mostly from seed. I would transplant more but few species out here handle the journey well and specific soil conditions are difficult to replicate. I've tried transplanting sagebrush seedlings several times but they root crazy deep and are fragile enough as it is, so none have survived their first winter. Collecting wild plants isn't a problem at all particularly if you're caring for and propagating them. Moss is hard to kill and being non-vascular I'm sure it would appreciate any help you provide in spreading spores around. Even collecting flowers for ornaments is fine as long as you don't go overboard and excise most of an entire generation from a site. A little bit from here and there never hurts, but going ham can have rippling effects on foragers and pollinators that might rely on a given plant for food or nesting. The one exception are rare species, or even non-rare species with a limited presence at a given site. It's good to help by priming and spreading some seed if you know what you're doing but otherwise they should be left alone.
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