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Gathering moss : a natural and cultural history of mosses / by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Title:Gathering moss : a natural and cultural history of mosses / by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Author/Creator:Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
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Published/Created:Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2003.
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: QK537 .K56 2003
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 06-27-2024
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: QK537 .K56 2003
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 05-21-2024
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Mosses.
Mosses--Ecology.
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Edition:1st ed.
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Description:viii, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Summary:"In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us."--BOOK JACKET.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.
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ISBN:0870714996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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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.