After getting off to a good early start last year, an administrative delay pushed everything back. It put a bit of a damper on our momentum, but the great news is that we have extra 10 months to find this plant.

Welcome to a new year of the Fan Moss hunt, you guys. :)

Before I go any further, HUGE thanks and hearty congratulations to @t_knight for his October discovery of a previously undocumented Ontario population. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33993599
YEEAAAGGHH!! Great job. Now we can start to believe again that more Fan Moss is still out there to be found. Way ta go, Tristan!

We who are still here under the snow can see on iNat (with admitted envy) that the moss season for lucky southern-Ontarians is already well under way. Along with any Forsstroemia you see, please do keep logging those Neckeras, Porellas, Anomodons, Thamnobryums, and Leucodons along your routes!
That’s how we’ll be able to show how many people have been looking for the right kinds of plants in the right kinds of places...which will be very important in helping decision-makers determine how much faith to put in the known distribution and abundance of Fan Moss, when it comes time to assess its conservation status.

Something we’ve noticed in at least three of the sites where Fan Moss grows: the area covered by Fan Moss can be really restricted, even though seemingly identical, seemingly great substrate is really abundant. So even after you’ve already seen thousands of square metres of Porella at a site, it still could be worth walking up and checking that patch of rock carpeted with a slightly different colour of green. IF you can stand to look at just one more patch. :)

Anyway, looking forward to spending 2020 on the trail of Fan Moss with spectacular iNaturalists like you. Spread the word if you know other people who might be interested.

And talk to you again SOON.

We're nine in this Forsstroemia boat now! That is, nine declared on iNaturalist plus Linda and Allan paddling in parallel. Welcome! (And you guys thinking about jumping in: c'mon board! there's plenty of room!)

No Fan Moss turned up this spring, but clearly it wasn't because no-one was out looking for moss. It's fantastic to follow along on the map, and to know that we'll have something to report at the end of the year. For me, it's also amazing to discover magical eastern Ontario old growth and hidden, shady cliffs while trying to figure out where this moss might be hiding out. More on that soon!

Meantime, please remember to add your relevant observations to the project. It's easy with the "Add from my observations" link on the right, on the project page.
o Click “add from my observations”
o Click “Batch edit” and “Select All” (or individually select the observations to add”)
o Choose the arrow next to “Projects” at the top, and click “add” next to Project Forsstroemia

Hope you have a great Canada Day! I'm off to check a cliff in Orleans...

Great news: while we were out with Quinte Conservation today, logging negative search effort for Fan Moss at a promising escarpment site (BIG thanks, Tim Trustham!), the first two brave souls joined Mission Forsstroemia.

Cool eh? :) I guess we're under way.

Welcome Moss Fans! Your company and your keen eyes are so welcome!

Today I am creating, editing, and re-creating the project page for Mission Forsstroemia, to help aggregate observations of Forsstroemia trichomitria (a.k.a. Fan Moss, although I see that there is more than one Fan Moss out there) and some look-alike bryophyte species...all in support of a national status assessment.

Please send your suggestions! I am soooo new at this.