The living moss, not mere structure, fostered seedling establishment on mine tailings

Evidence

Faced with a choice between the shag which provided water and shelter, the Astroturf which provided shelter but no water, the real moss, and the bare tailings, what would the seeds do? … Out of the carpet of living moss came a crowd of seedlings, the next step in binding up the wounds of the land, life attracting life. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 237

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Low-tech tracer beads reveal that moss turf traps wind-borne seeds that bare ground loses — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 231