no. 01
Sphagnum
peat moss
bogs, mires, wetlands
Holds twenty times its weight in water. Acidifies its own habitat. Fossilizes into peat over millennia — a slow archive of the carbon cycle.
cushion · pale green · damp
Bryophyta sp. — observed in the wild
이끼
iggi / moss
a site that grows — the slow, patient colonization of digital surfaces by the oldest land plant on earth.
$ moss --version
v470000000.0.1 (carboniferous)
$ moss describe
non-vascular plant. no roots, no flowers.
propagates by spores. patient. resilient.
$ moss grow --target ./infrastructure
→ colonizing edges…
→ softening corners…
→ photosynthesizing…
$ _
§ 02 — specimens
The Taxonomy
Field notes spread across the table. Specimens collected from rotting logs, north-facing stones, abandoned server racks.
Sphagnum
no. 02
Polytrichum
haircap moss
sandy soil, disturbed ground
Tall, upright, almost vascular in posture. The hair-cap calyptra protects the developing capsule like a felt thimble. Recolonizes after fire.
erect · star-rosette · pioneer
no. 03
Bryum argenteum
silver moss
sidewalk cracks, rooftops
Cosmopolitan. Found on every continent including Antarctica. Thrives in the tiny, hostile gaps that nothing else will inhabit. The moss of cities.
silvery · urban · ubiquitous
no. 04
Hypnum cupressiforme
cypress-leaved feather
tree bark, rotting wood
Mat-forming, weft-shaped, cypress-like in branching. Carpets fallen logs in temperate forests. The substrate of a thousand quiet decompositions.
feathered · weft · forest floor
no. 05
Dicranum scoparium
broom moss
acidic forest, conifer duff
Leaves all curved one direction, as if combed by the same long wind. Forms thick yellow-green cushions on the floor of pine and spruce woods.
curled · cushion · acidophile
no. 06
Funaria hygrometrica
cord moss
burnt ground, recent fire scars
Among the first to colonize burnt earth. Its capsule bends visibly in response to humidity — a tiny hygrometer flexing through the day.
ephemeral · hygroscopic · post-fire
n.b. — specimens listed are non-exhaustive. ~12,000 species are currently described; perhaps as many remain unrecorded in canopy, cliff, and unswept corner.
§ 03 — colonization
The Growth
Stay a while. One dot every two seconds. The page is different every time you visit, depending on how long you let the moss grow. Currently observing: 0 dots.
iv. a fact
이끼는 뿌리가 없다
Moss has no roots.
It absorbs water and nutrients directly through its leaves and a thin layer of rhizoids — not roots, but anchors. Resilience without depth. A decentralized system, evolved 470 million years before the word.