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Country Focus: Moss Day

Moss Day

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, Moss Day

The science and beauty of mosses, liverworts and hornworts.

Celebrating 100 years of the British Bryological Society and the study of mosses.

Thanks to our somewhat damp climate, Wales is home to a staggering 850 different species of Bryophytes, representing three quarters of the total number (which is 1100) found in the UK as a whole.  Bryophyte is the collective name for a group of plants that include mosses, liverworts and hornworts.  This year the British Bryological Society is celebrates its hundreth birthday and has a variety of activities to mark the centenary, including designing a number of moss trails at Treborth Gardens in Bangor; the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire and also one in Harlech, Gwynedd.  It's there Pauline Smith explores the wonderful world of bryology and goes "mossing"!

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