Antarctic Moss is a species of moss found on both sides of the Drake Passage, the strait separating South America from the Antarctic Peninsula. It shows an extreme degree of cryptobiosis, the ability to enter a non-metabolic state that can extend its life span indefinitely, letting it survive conditions that would kill most other plants.
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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