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Weed/Moss ID #563546
Asked May 22, 2019, 1:04 PM EDT
Wexford County Michigan
Expert Response
Your moss is known as Baby Tooth moss (Plagiomnium cuspidatum). The link below will give you details.
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/mosses/plants/bt_moss.html
Moss occurs when growing condition’s favor the growth. These conditions include low soil fertility, dense shade from trees and shrubs, poor air circulation, too much irrigation, soil compaction and the wrong choice of turf selection for the site, if this is growing in the lawn. You could have all conditions or just having a few is enough to encourage moss to grow. If you do not address the underlying conditions that favor moss growth, they will return.
Control methods are describe in the following links:
http://bryophytes.science.oregonstate.edu/page18.htm
I hope this helps you out and thank you for using AaE.