Moss survives 1500 years

British researchers this week reported on a phenomenon that surprised them greatly — the ability of moss to survive extremely harsh conditions that would spell certain death for almost any other living organism. For those of you who have tried to dry out, verticut, roll and even burn greens surfaces in order to kill moss, only to have it return soon thereafter, this news will come as no surprise at all.

In their article, Millennial timescale regeneration in a moss…