Moss (seed plants and pteridophytes), where the diploid sporophyte generation is dominant. Mosses are now classified on their own as the division Bryophyta. There are approximately 12,000 species. The main commercial significance of mosses is as the main constituent of peat (mostly the genus "Sphagnum"), although they are also used for decorative purposes, such as in gardens and in the florist trade. Traditional uses of mosses included as insulation and for the ability to absorb liquids up to 20 times their weight. Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous
Adam Moss were hired by "The New York Times." According to Wolff in his "New York" magazine profile: "It is hard to overstate what kind of magazine-world hero Moss became with "7 Days" and its particular pop-culture idiom, and what kind of success failure can be." A 2003 profile of Moss in the Oberlin alumni magazine notes, "Concepts introduced by Moss in "7 Days" would later insinuate themselves into "The Times" (take the wedding narratives in the Sunday Styles section; visceral stuff cleverly packaged)." In his first year at "New York", Moss completed an extensive renovation of the weekly magazine emphasizing an