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Bryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Ologies with Alie Ward

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What Kind of Chemical Defenses Are Mosses Producing?

For the most part, vertebrates do not eat mosses. They have antimicrobials in those leaves that make them unpalatable to other organisms. Spanish moss is just named after its resemblance to a beard lichen but it's also not a lichen nor is it from Spain.

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