Picture of the Day: Decomposers

Who is eating whom?

Let’s hear it for decomposers! 

Decomposers form the final link in the food chain by breaking down dead animals and plants and returning vital nutrients to the soil. Even though we may think everything slows to a stop during the cold weather, decomposers are still at work.

Fungi and bacteria are decomposers, but moss is considered both a producer and a decomposer. Moss produces its own food through photosynthesis and helps to break down organic matter into nutrients.

Here is a great example of working together!