Moss among three divisions: Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta and Anthocerotophyta. The current circumscription of Bryophyta includes only the mosses. The mosses, now division Bryophyta (Bryophyta sensu stricto), are divided into eight classes: Six of the eight classes contain only one or two genera each. Polytrichopsida includes 23 genera, and Bryopsida includes the majority of moss diversity with over 95% of moss species belonging to this class. The Sphagnopsida, the peat-mosses, comprise the two living genera "Ambuchanania" and "Sphagnum", as well as fossil taxa. However, the genus "Sphagnum" is a diverse, widespread, and economically important one. These large mosses form extensive acidic bogs in
Howard Moss addition of ancient texts. Morten Lauridsen's "A Winter Come" (1967) is a setting of six poems of Howard Moss for high voice and piano, while Francis Thorne's "Nature Studies: Three Poems of Howard Moss" (1981) is for mezzo-soprano, flute and harp. Howard Moss Howard Moss (January 22, 1922 – September 16, 1987) was an American poet, dramatist and critic. He was poetry editor of "The New Yorker" magazine from 1948 until his death and he won the National Book Award in 1972 for "Selected Poems". Moss was born in New York City. He attended the University of Michigan, where he