Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 867
ense of the other.The mistletoe, for instance, often saps some ofthe strength of the tree to which it clings; butin the lichen, each plant that forms it is sup-posed to give to the other some desirable ele-ment that it, if alone, could not obtain. It isthus a case of give and take for the benefit… … on woodland stumps and trees and logs. t ; I A MOSS-LIKE LICHEN (USNEA).(The beard-moss or tree moss of poets.) The murmuring pines and hemlocksBearded with moss.—Longfellows Evangeline.Photograph from specimen sent to Nature and Science by MasterNorman Nickerson, Red Beach, Maine. generally gives…
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