When: November 5, 2024 @ 6:00 pm
Join Skye at the Robbinsville Library to dip your toes into the luscious world of Bryology!
What even are mosses? How do they reproduce? Why are they so small? Why are they green and soft some days, but brown and dry on other days? Will they damage your driveway or roof? And why are they so pet-able??? Learn the mossy answers to these questions and more during our Goss on Moss Talk at the Graham County Public Library. Conservation Outreach Director Skye will give a brief, beginner-friendly lecture on Bryology (the science of mosses and liverworts), citing examples of mosses that live right here in WNC. Attendees will then have the opportunity to examine a variety of live specimens up close and personal using tools illuminated magnifying glasses and a digital magnifier.
This talk is geared toward adult beginner Bryologists, but experts or children are welcome to attend, too! No previous knowledge of mosses is required to understand the content of this talk. Attendees are welcome to bring additional observation tools if they desire, such as hand lenses/jeweler’s loupes. We will begin at 6:00pm at the Graham County Public Library (80 Knight St, Robbinsville, NC 28771.) This event will conclude by 7:30pm. Note that this event is after library hours. Participants must enter through the back door, which will be propped open.
This event is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. Contact Skye at [email protected] or 828-524-2711 ext 302 with any questions.
Meet your teacher!
As Mainspring’s Conservation Outreach Director, Skye Cahoon inspires people to connect with their local landscape and value the conservation efforts that protect it. As a kid, she could often be found climbing trees, hunting for salamanders, or chasing fish at her local swimming hole. Her passion for nature grew with her, and in 2020 she earned her Zoology B.S. from the University of Maine. Integrating her experience in wildlife research with her excitement for the natural world, Skye now strives to make science exciting and accessible. She leads a variety of educational programs here at Mainspring, and some of her favorite topics are fungi and mosses.
