A Patch of Rabbit’s Foot Fern on a Mossy Slope: Sharing a New Moss Terrarium

The plant selection for this setup is very simple: just rabbit’s foot fern, Leucobryum moss (pincushion moss), and a few small Acorus calamus plants.

The build itself is also straightforward. The base layer is made of pumice, sphagnum moss, and akadama soil. Two large, flat pieces of dragon stone are used to form the slope. I glued these two stones together in advance and deliberately created a slight depression. A few smaller stones were placed along the sides as decoration.

Leucobryum moss (pincushion moss) is laid directly at the bottom, and a small Acorus calamus is casually planted next to the smaller stones.

A thick layer of red clay is applied over the stone slope. The cutted roots of rabbit’s foot fern is then inserted directly into the clay.

Red clay is naturally sticky, so it holds the rabbit’s foot fern very securely. Once the fern is fixed in place, Leucobryum moss can be tucked into the gaps between the fronds. The red clay anchors everything firmly.

My intention was to use rabbit’s foot fern to mimic a tall forest growing on a hillside.

The true focal point of this terrarium is the rabbit’s foot fern, and the interior space was deliberately left to accommodate the growth of its roots.