"The circle of ecological compassion we feel is enlarged by direct experience of the living world, and shrunken by its lack." p. 239
Wigwam display at University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Cattails
RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada, CC BY 2.0
Cattail Rhizome
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Cattail Seed Fluff
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Spotted Salamander
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Dried Milkweed Pods
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White Spruce (Picea glauca)
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Harvested White Spruce Roots
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Basket made from birch bark and spruce to sew it together.
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Wigwam with Cattail Mats
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Phragmites
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Purple Loosestrife
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Keywords
Anaerobic: living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen. (MW)
Duff: the partially decayed organic matter on the forest floor. (YA)
Effervescent: marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality. (MW)
Ethnobotany: The plant lore of indigenous cultures. (MW)
Hummock: A hill or a mound. (YA)
Humus: the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms. (OL)
Invasive species: A non-native organism : growing and dispersing easily usually to the detriment of native species and ecosystems. (MW)
Microbe: a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation. (OL)
Peat: a brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens, and often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening. (OL)
Plant cordage: String and twine made from plants, often the roots. (YA)
Rhizome: a somewhat elongated usually horizontal subterranean plant stem that is often thickened by deposits of reserve food material, produces shoots above and roots below, and is distinguished from a true root in possessing buds, nodes, and usually scalelike leaves. (MW)
Sedge: A grass-like plant that grows in wet areas. (YA)
Sward: a portion of ground covered with grass. (MW)
Tinder: a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling. (MW)
Viscera: The internal organs. (YA)
Other resources:
Strength of the Earth: The Classic Guide to Ojibwe Uses of Native Plants by Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; E99.C6 D415 2005ISBN: 9780873515627Publication Date: 2006
Wetlands Explained: Wetland Science, Policy, and Politics in America by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195131833Publication Date: 2001
Lessons from Plants by Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; QK46.5.H85 M65 2021ISBN: 9780674241282Publication Date: 2021
Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America by Call Number: eBookISBN: 1306353777Publication Date: 2012
