Gathering moss : a natural and cultural history of mosses
by Kimmerer, Robin Wall (Author)
Summary
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... Full description
- 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.