Mosses of Crater Lake National Park
It’s huge, it’s deep in the waters of Crater Lake, it’s older than Methuselah — and it’s alive.
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It’s a huge colony of moss that has lived quietly in the depths of the clearest lake in the United States since somewhere between 4,000 and 7,700 years ago after Mount Mazama blew its top and created the hole that Crater Lake would fill. [Unraveling secret of Crater Lake’s Deep Moss]
PDF Non-vascular Plant List for Crater Lake National Park
Non-vascular Species_Full_List_with_Details
Crater Lake News
- Crater Lake deep yields mysterious moss– September 15, 2007
- Unraveling secret of Crater Lake’s DeepMoss – April 2, 2007
- Little-visited Sphagnum Bog a hotbed for botanists – August 6, 2007
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