The Miniature World of Mosses & Lichens

Join biologist and photographer Dr. Robert Klips for an afternoon exploring some of the forest's tiniest treasures.

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Sat., Apr. 18, 2026 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost $10 per person
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Join us for an afternoon exploring some of the forest’s tiniest treasures.

Mosses are seedless plants that lack the internal plumbing that enables other plants to grow tall. Lichens, aptly described as “fungi that invented agriculture,” are dual organisms that epitomize symbiosis. Being small, desiccation-resistant and requiring very little nutrition, both mosses and lichens are found in environments that are too stressful for most plants to grow. They are a delight to find on bark, rocks, and barren ground. We will explore their different growth forms and methods of reproduction and learn how to identify the most common Ohio species. Special attention will be paid to ones that were discovered here or are named for Ohio botanists.

Age: Adult, teens 16 & over with accompanying adult

Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Location: Cleveland Botanical Garden | Woodland Hall

The Miniature World of Mosses & Lichens
Saturday, April 18, 2026
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Price: $10 per person

Robert Klips, PhD

Professor Emeritus, OSU

Dr. Klips is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at Ohio State University, where he taught for over twenty years. He currently manages the bryophyte and lichen specimen collections in the herbarium at OSU’s Museum of Biological Diversity. Skilled in botanical macrophotography, Klips served as the photographer for the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s 2017 Common Lichens of Ohio Field Guide and has contributed images to dozens of books, periodicals, and websites. The author of the book “Common Mosses Liverworts and Lichens of Ohio” (Ohio University Press, 2022), Klips frequently conducts fieldwork and educates nature study groups about the identification, ecology, and distribution of Ohio plants and lichens.

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