- published: 13 Feb 2009
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Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed of simple, one-cell thick leaves, attached to a stem that may be branched or unbranched and has only a limited role in conducting water and nutrients. Although some species have vascular tissue this is generally poorly developed and structurally different from similar tissue found in other plants. They do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes (unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores). They are typically 0.2–10 cm (0.1–3.9 in) tall, though some species are much larger, like Dawsonia, the tallest moss in the world, which can grow to 50 cm (20 in) in height.
Mosses are commonly confused with lichens, hornworts, and liverworts. Lichens may superficially look like mosses, and have common names that include the word "moss" (e.g., "reindeer moss" or "iceland moss"), but are not related to mosses. Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts are collectively called "bryophytes". Bryophytes share the property of having the haploid gametophyte generation as the dominant phase of the life cycle. This contrasts with the pattern in all "vascular" plants (seed plants and pteridophytes), where the diploid sporophyte generation is dominant.
Cullen Moss is an American actor of television and film and voice actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Junk on One Tree Hill. He also starred as Bodee in The Notebook.
He has also appeared on one episode of Dawson's Creek and has provided the English-version voice for a few Japanese anime such as You're Under Arrest and its motion picture version.
He attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, NC.
Cullen also performs in a weekly comedy show called "Changing Channels" at City Stage in Wilmington, NC.