Hardwood Conifer Swamp
Homage to my beautiful state of Michigan! New technique for me with a water wicking fabric background to keep the wall moss happy, and my first experience with club moss-it’s so adorable (tiny trees) fingers crossed i can do right by it. This is the first time I’ve use birch paper (dried in the oven so it won’t mold) I hope the moss grows in and makes the edges look less abrupt.
All species are native to our northern hardwood conifer swamps (except the dwarf baby tears) the species combo is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Rocks are of course from Lake Michigan and include some 30 million year old petoskey fossils. Also please adore the snail lid handle as much as i do 🥰🥰🐌
*sustainable harvest, no species of conservation concern
Plant List:
• Baby tooth moss — Plagiomnium cuspidatum
• Rock polypody — Polypodium virginianum
• Dwarf baby tears — Hemianthus callitrichoides
• Haircap moss — Polytrichum commune
• Partridge berry — Mitchella repens
• Bog bean — Menyanthes trifoliata
• Wood fern — Dryopteris carthusiana
• Prickly tree club moss — Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
• American pennywort — Hydrocotyle americana
• Flat-branched tree club moss — Dendrolycopodium obscurum
Critters:
Springtails