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Moss is a type of non-flowering plant lifeform that grows on numerous planets throughout the galaxy.

History and specifics

On a feudal planet, moss grew on the walls of an alien structure. (TOS - The New Voyages 2 short story: "In the Maze")

A brown moss on Lorca was naturally flame retardant. (TNG novel: Masks)

Hrugar tea on the planet Chi was brewed from a blue-green moss. (VOY novel: The Nanotech War)

Degebian mountain goats lived on a diet of moss, fungus, and leaves on Degab IV. Wompats on Cardassia ate moss growing on sword trees. (Decipher RPG module: Creatures)

The mellitus "cloud creature" absorbed protein from certain types of mosses on Alpha Majoris I. (FASA RPG module: The Federation)

Unusual lifeforms

A blue moss on an uncharted class M planet near a wormhole fed on energy and attacked animals similar to flesh-eating bacteria. (Adventures RPG - These are the Voyages: Mission Compendium Vol. 1 module: A World With a Bluer Sun)

The rogue planet in NGC 4414 produced bioforms resembling moss-zombie creatures. They moved by means of an elastic, high-protein moss prevalent on the surface that served the function of muscle tissue. (TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic)

The single Meropean on Merope IV was an unusual, sapient, Gaia-like mossy biomass. (TOS novel: Across the Universe)

Maalii moss was several miles deep and covered the entire surface of Niic IV. It was a single colony-creature that variously adapted portions of itself across the surface for group photosynthesis, water absorption, and rooting. (FASA RPG module: The Triangle)

A 30-mile-thick layer of parasitic moss covered the hollow core of the planet Tristas. It played an unspecified role in sustaining a vast sapient life energy at the world's core. (TOS comic: "The Final Truth")

Sapient moss creatures on Lomar deployed the Genesis Wave through the Alpha Quadrant in 2376. (TNG - The Genesis Wave novel: Book 2)

Other mosses

Planets predominantly covered with moss

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