Bryophyta lucida
Moss producer
mean 1.00 vigor
0
colonies
Field study IX
Westmere · 54°N
A closed ecology
the Glass Garden
Three lives beneath one pane of glass. The moss grows, the moth learns to look, the shrike learns to wait. Nothing enters; nothing leaves; every chance is drawn from a single seed.
Specimens
2,518 living
Noctua vitrea
Moth grazer
mean 1.10 speed
0
adults
Lanius speculum
Shrike predator
mean 1.35 speed
0
adults
Census trace
log scale · live
Opened on load ·
sealed at 240 generations seed · westmere-07
fingerprint · 0x000000
sealed at 240 generations seed · westmere-07
fingerprint · 0x000000
Live · 000
54°02′ N / 02°41′ W
Drawn from chance; held by seed
Fig. I
A small closed world, seen from above; the rim is a clock.
160 × 160 field
Generation
000
/
240
Tempo
8.0 gen / sec