Our goal is for depth and memorability. We want readers to be moved by exquisite visuals and educated by well-honed copy. Our logo bar design includes a representation of club moss, one of the earliest plant forms on Earth, dating from the age of the supercontinent Pangaea nearly 225 million years ago. The carbon remains of the early mosses, which grew over 100 feet high, have been compressed for many millions of years and form our present day coal reserves. Including the strobili, the club mosses of our era generally grow to only 3 to 16 inches tall, although they can branch for several feet along the ground, hence the common name ground pine.
Club mosses grow in damp places, including in the tropics and on temperate heaths and mountainsides.
Some resemble creeping pine boughs, while others look like miniature fir trees, although they are more closely related to the ferns. Their fine yellow spores, known as lycopodium powder, have been used for fireworks and old-time camera flash powder. All Rights Reserved.