Early bird gathers no moss, rolling stone catches the worm.

滚石生瑷，早起鸟儿没虫吃。

Horsetails and tree ferns grew to heights of fifty feet, club mosses to a hundred and thirty.

杉叶藻和桫椤长到l5米的高度，石松长到40米的高度。

How about this insignificant clump of moss?

这团不起眼的苔藓怎么样?

What's this? —green? aye, tiny mosses in these warped cracks.

这是什么？——这绿色的东西？啊，这些弯曲的裂缝里竟长出了小苔藓。

That, he said, tapping a moss, used to be one genus, Drepanocladus.

“那，”他指了指种苔藓说，“它们原本是，镰刀藓。

Fragments from mosses, algae, lichens and liverworts were trapped in the feathers.

他们发现其中残存苔藓，藻类，地衣以及地钱片。

And the ferns, and the mosses, and the palms and the sedges.

还有蕨类植物，苔藓，棕榈树和莎草。

There are mosses and ferns everywhere, some at least a hundred feet tall.

放眼望去，尽是苔藓和蕨类，有些至少有30公尺高。

Ammonia contains nitrogen-a valuable fertilizer-so the winds carry nourishment to nearby mosses and lichens.

氨中含有氮，而氮是种非常有价值的肥料，因此风会将营养物质吹到附近的苔藓和地衣那里。

In here, where it's dark, there's very little, very poor diversity — just some mosses and a few ferns.

在这里，光线暗淡，生物的多样性显得很匮乏——只有些苔藓和些蕨类植物。

Why? Because " A rolling stone gathers no moss" .

为什么呢？ 因为" 滚石不生苔" 。

Anja Prager and her team grow mosses from all over the world here.

Anja Prager 和她的团队在这里种植来自世界各地的苔藓。

In fact, mosses aren't actually much good for anything.

实际上，苔藓什么也充当不了。

Except instead of your Uncle Hank and Uncle John, it has mosses, flowers, and other plants.

只不过这其中没有你的汉克叔叔和约翰叔叔，而是苔藓、鲜花和其他植物。

And the moss looks bright where my foot hath been.

脚下的苔藓鲜艳夺目。

Take ferns and bromeliads—the family that includes Spanish moss and pineapple plants.

以蕨类植物和凤梨科植物为例，凤梨科植物包括西班牙苔藓和菠萝。

Mosses offer mysteries as well, he told me.

他对我说，苔藓也有好多谜。

On today's program, we will talk about the expression: A rolling stone gathers no moss.

在今天的节目中，我们将讨论的表达方式是" A rolling stone gathers no moss" 。(滚石不生苔)。

They also feed on moss and lichen growing on the outside.

它们也吃树外面长的苔藓和地衣。

Bedded soft in moss and rushes.

铺在柔软的苔藓和灯芯草上。