Desiccated Moss in the Mojave (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Desiccated Moss in the Mojave

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The moss Syntrichia caninervis looks dark brown-black when growing in the summer sun of the Mojave because of pigments that presumably act as UV sunscreens. In the lab, with no UV light, the moss is green and unpigmented.

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Jenna Ekwealor, UC Berkeley

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