Sphagnum may have a number of different "Sphagnum" species. Individual peat moss plants consist of a main stem, with tightly arranged clusters of branch fascicles usually consisting of two or three spreading branches and two to four hanging branches. The top of the plant, or capitulum, has compact clusters of young branches. Along the stem are scattered leaves of various shapes, named stem leaves; the shape varies according to species. The leaves consist of two kinds of cells; small, green, living cells (chlorophyllose cells), and large, clear, structural, dead cells (hyaline cells). The latter have the large water-holding capacity. "Sphagnum", like
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