A moss found only thereSourced
Antarctica has a moss
that belongs to that continent alone.
Coscinodon lawianus grows on exposed rock in East Antarctica. Of roughly 23 moss species recorded on continental Antarctica, it is one of two considered endemic there.
A little patch of green
with an entire continent as home.
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