Moss
Tree moss
Climacium dendroides
ModerateFine in a closed jar
Miniature trees rising from damp ground. Striking in a wet jar.
What the simulation uses
- Light
- 3,000 to 25,000 lux
- The brightness it grows well in.
- Humidity
- 70 to 100 % RH
- Air moisture it is happy in; below the lower end it dries out.
- Temperature
- 5 to 24 °C
- Comfortable range; outside it growth slows.
- Dies at
- below -30 or above 42 °C
- Days beyond these temperatures kill it.
- Soil pH
- 5 to 6.5 pH
- Soil acidity it prefers.
- Grows up
- 0.13 cm/month
- How fast it gains height in good conditions.
- Spreads
- 0.2 cm/month
- How fast its edge creeps outwards.
- Thickens
- 1.25 %/month
- How fast its cover fills in on its own ground.
- Copes with wet
- good
- How well it stands soggy soil; poor means rot comes quickly.
- Copes with still air
- good
- Sealed jars have still air; poor means grey mould finds it.
- Copes with shade
- fair
- How well it holds on in dim light.
- Copes with drying
- fair
- How well it survives the jar drying out.
- Water use
- 0.04 ml/cm²/day
- Water that evaporates off the cushion each day in room air.
- Holds water
- 0.2 ml/cm²
- Water a cm² of moss soaks up and keeps.
- Grows on
- soil
- Where it can take hold and spread. Moss that cannot grow on stone thins out there.
Care
- Day length
- 10 to 14 h
- Substrate
- Wet
What kills it
- drying
- deep shade
Description
The little trees spring from runners hidden under the soil. In nature it grows in damp meadows, marshes and lake edges where the water rises and falls. Keep it wet and well lit, since drying and deep shade are what kill it.
Also called tree climacium moss, tree-moss.
Estimated, where sources were thin: growth rate; temp_c.