Moss
Seductive entodon
Entodon seductrix
ModerateFine in a closed jar
Very glossy, worm-like mats on limestone and logs.
What the simulation uses
- Light
- 2,000 to 15,000 lux
- The brightness it grows well in.
- Humidity
- 50 to 90 % RH
- Air moisture it is happy in; below the lower end it dries out.
- Temperature
- 8 to 28 °C
- Comfortable range; outside it growth slows.
- Dies at
- below -25 or above 44 °C
- Days beyond these temperatures kill it.
- Soil pH
- 6.5 to 8 pH
- Soil acidity it prefers.
- Grows up
- 0.02 cm/month
- How fast it gains height in good conditions.
- Spreads
- 0.1 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
- fair
- How well it stands soggy soil; poor means rot comes quickly.
- Copes with still air
- fair
- 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
- good
- 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
- stone, wood
- Where it can take hold and spread. Moss that cannot grow on stone thins out there.
Care
- Day length
- 10 to 14 h
- Substrate
- Moist
What kills it
- acid peat
- constant saturation
Description
It grows on limy rock, logs and tree bases in eastern North America and stays under a centimetre tall. Pair it with limestone rather than peat, since acid peat harms it. Keep it moist but never sitting in water.
Also called round-stem silk moss, cord glaze moss.
Estimated, where sources were thin: light_lux; growth rate; temp_c; humidity_rh_pct; ph (from 'calcareous' only).