Purple Loosestrife and the "Bounding" of Nature in North American Wetlands

Authors

  • John Sandlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40632

Abstract

One of the more well known themes among the Christian parables is the separation of the righteous and pure from the impure and the unholy. In one notable example, Christ recounts the experience of a farmer whose enemies have come in the night to plant weeds in his wheat field. [...]

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1997-01-01

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Sandlos, J. (1997). Purple Loosestrife and the "Bounding" of Nature in North American Wetlands. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 9, 28–31. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40632