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Gathering moss a natural and cultural history of mosses

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering moss is a mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal e...

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Main Author: Kimmerer, Robin Wall (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, [2003]
Edition:First edition.
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Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Mosses.
Mosses > Ecology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Seeing the World Through Moss-Colored Glasses
  • The Standing Stones
  • Learning to See
  • The Advantages of Being Small: Life in the Boundary Layer
  • Back to the Pond
  • Sexual Asymmetry and the Satellite Sisters
  • An Affinity for Water
  • Binding Up the Wounds: Mosses in Ecological Succession
  • In the Forest of the Waterbear
  • Kickapoo
  • Choices
  • A Landscape of Chance
  • City Mosses
  • The Web of Reciprocity: Indigenous Uses of Moss
  • The Red Sneaker
  • Portrait of Splachnum
  • The Owner
  • The Forest Gives Thanks to the Mosses
  • The Bystander
  • Straw Into Gold
  • Suggestions for Further Reading.

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