Description - A beautiful moss with very divided leaves

Habitat - In woods

Comments - During the German Occupation this moss was collected from Petit Bot Valley to use as a wound dressing in the local hospitals. Sphagnum moss has often been used for this purpose, and for babies' nappies, it is vey absorbent. However, there has only been one small patch of sphagnum in Guernsey, which vanished about 1980.