Category: Social/Cultural
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Refuge in the Swamp
The Fugitive Community in the Great Dismal Swamp The Great Dismal Swamp, an ombrotrophic peatland[1] of cypress and Atlantic white cedar forest, once covered 2,000 square miles of Virginia and North Carolina[2]. Although it still remains one of the largest intact wild areas on the Atlantic coast[1], due to drainage, timber industry and development, today…
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Sphagnum & Skin
Human Utilization of the Antiseptic Powers of Sphagnum Mosses Plants of all kinds have been used around the world for innumerable applications since humans have been humans, and Sphagnum mosses are no different. Their biological structure that makes them highly absorptive and the biochemical processes that make them resistant to decay have been harnessed by…
The Mossy Log 