Mossy Rocky Landscapes

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Mosses on rocks

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Drachenslucht, Thüringenwald, Germany. Pellia German-French border (Eifel)  Neckera rock, Eifel Neckera  rock face, Eifel
Camera obscura

Racomitrium aciculare growing on Jost Barbiers' Camera Obscura. De Drijen, Het Depot, Wageningen.		 Anomodon rock
Anomodon rock, Eifel.		 Mosy rock
Mossy rock (Eifel)

Sidmouth cliffs, Devon

Sidmouth cliffs, Philonotis Philonotis caespitosa

Walls


Limestone wall in the English Lake District. See the Lambrigg page for more photos.

Dreimühlen waterfall, Eifel, Germany

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The Driemühlen ('3 mills') waterfall in the Chalk Eifel is a remarkable example of a rocky structure formed by mosses. The chalk-rich water comes out through Crataneuron moss, and chalk deposits are formed on the moss leaves (see microphoto). These deposits build up and so gradually the waterfall grows. The outer layer is living moss, the inner structure petrified moss.

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