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Bryology (MOSS) Encore with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Role of Mosses in the Environment

Mosses are designed to attract and hold water, so one of their major roles is to do exactly that. They also create a moist seed bed for other plants to seeds to fall on. Their moisture holding capacity influences nutrients, too. Mosses have been termed the coral reef of the forest because within a moss there are hundreds of little organisms living in it.

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